Timothy H. O'Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs

by Keith F. Davis and Jane L. Aspinwall

Clarence King's Survey, undertaken between 1867 and 1872, covered a vast swath of terrain, from the border of California eastward to the edge of the Great Plains. It was the first survey to include a full-time photographer--Timothy O'Sullivan--who produced about 450 finished photographs in large-format and smaller-format stereographs. O'Sullivan's images convey a distinct individual quality of perception, at once direct and laconic, as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300179847
• ISBN13: 9780300179842
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Nelson Atkins
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 4.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 11.3" x 11.1"