Background Information for Teachers
For background information on components of a photograph and vocabulary for discussion, read:
Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs
This site provides an in-depth explanation of how to "read" a photograph
For information regarding a technique used to develop Civil War photography, explore:
Gibson's Photographic Gallery
This explains the step-by-step process of preparing "wet plate" photographs. A private photographer who replicates Civil War methods for taking photographs maintains the site.
To view some well-organized websites of Civil War photography, go to:
Photographic Images of the American Civil War
This site gives a succinct overview of the impact and state of photography during the Civil War. It divides its photographs into seven categories: Federal Leaders, Confederate Leaders, Battlefield Post Mortems, Fortifications and Works, Civic Destruction, The Common Soldier, and The Anderson Cavalry.
Selected Civil War Photos (American Memory, Library of Congress)
This repository holds over 1000 Civil War images.
Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs
This site provides an in-depth explanation of how to "read" a photograph
For information regarding a technique used to develop Civil War photography, explore:
Gibson's Photographic Gallery
This explains the step-by-step process of preparing "wet plate" photographs. A private photographer who replicates Civil War methods for taking photographs maintains the site.
To view some well-organized websites of Civil War photography, go to:
Photographic Images of the American Civil War
This site gives a succinct overview of the impact and state of photography during the Civil War. It divides its photographs into seven categories: Federal Leaders, Confederate Leaders, Battlefield Post Mortems, Fortifications and Works, Civic Destruction, The Common Soldier, and The Anderson Cavalry.
Selected Civil War Photos (American Memory, Library of Congress)
This repository holds over 1000 Civil War images.
Further Reading
Frassanito, William A. Gettysburg: A Journey in Time. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1996.
This lesson relies heavily on and uses Frassanito's skilled detective and scholarly work. This publication offers more examples of his photograph analysis bringing to light the realities of Civil War photography. Approximately 100 photographs are arranged into six groups by geographical location.
Web Sites
Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs
http://nuovo.com/southern-images/analyses.html
This site provides an in-depth explanation of how to "read" a photograph.
Gibson's Photographic Gallery http://www.civilwarphotography.com/gibson/wetplate.html
This explains the step-by-step process of preparing "wet plate" photographs. A private photographer who replicates Civil War methods for taking photographs maintains the site.
Photographic Images of the American Civil War http://www.swcivilwar.com/cw_photos.html
This site gives a succinct overview of the impact and state of photography during the Civil War. It divides its photographs into seven categories: Federal Leaders, Confederate Leaders, Battlefield Post Mortems, Fortifications and Works, Civic Destruction, The Common Soldier, and The Anderson Cavalry
Selected Civil War Photos (American Memory, Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
This incredible collection, a part of American Memory at the Library of Congress, holds over one-thousand Civil War photographs. The site offers a time line and other links (i.e., Taking Photographs during the Civil War) to better understand the photographs presented. The photographs students studied in this lesson were taken from this repository. In addition, the section called "Does the Camera Ever Lie" was adapted for the classroom
This site provides an in-depth explanation of how to "read" a photograph.
Gibson's Photographic Gallery http://www.civilwarphotography.com/gibson/wetplate.html
This explains the step-by-step process of preparing "wet plate" photographs. A private photographer who replicates Civil War methods for taking photographs maintains the site.
Photographic Images of the American Civil War http://www.swcivilwar.com/cw_photos.html
This site gives a succinct overview of the impact and state of photography during the Civil War. It divides its photographs into seven categories: Federal Leaders, Confederate Leaders, Battlefield Post Mortems, Fortifications and Works, Civic Destruction, The Common Soldier, and The Anderson Cavalry
Selected Civil War Photos (American Memory, Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
This incredible collection, a part of American Memory at the Library of Congress, holds over one-thousand Civil War photographs. The site offers a time line and other links (i.e., Taking Photographs during the Civil War) to better understand the photographs presented. The photographs students studied in this lesson were taken from this repository. In addition, the section called "Does the Camera Ever Lie" was adapted for the classroom
