Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields Through a Pinhole Camera

by Michael Falco

Book Overview

In 2011, Michael Falco set out to document the American Civil War's 150th anniversary by photographing reenactments of more than 20 major battles--from the First Manassas, Antietam, and Chancellorsville to Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Appomattox. But rather than shooting these historic re-creations in high-definition, Falco opted for a different, older medium: a pinhole camera. This antebellum photographic technology, shot from an on-the-ground perspective,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581573804
• ISBN13: 9781581573800
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.1" x 8.1"