I really like his Images. mostly because they are of interesting things well to me at least. I really like nature pictures that make you want to explore that area and to hear the smells and sights that the images is only portraying the sight of. This one is taken at a interesting angle it almost looks like he might be on a cliff, looking across at the beautiful waterfall.
This one is very pretty. I really like the older look. the waterfall is closer in this one and is higher and he is looking more at the level with it. I love the simple but complexity of his pictures. Meaning the subject is that waterfall but your eyes stray and notice the beautiful cliffs that jut next to the waterfall
I love this picture.!!! it is my favorite! well. kinda. it is so simple. The many wagons being pulled by all the animals caught still in that moment. I love the angle it looks like he might have just stepped out of a small store. I love the detail and focus even on the street stones and the row of house in the back that all look the same. It is a snippet in time in a thriving small town.
Love this one. The sunlight bouncing through the walls of this slot canyon and the water glinting of the water in the bottom. It makes me want to go on a hike and find small pretty slot canyons like this one. It also makes you think like Is he standing in the water and just sludging through it with all his equipment? because in the pic you can see there is no path.
beautiful portrait of this Indian I love the look on his face and the grave lines and wiseness that this photo captures in this man.
William Henry Jackson was born in 1843 in Keesville, New York. He was the son of a Blacksmith. Even at a young age William Jackson was very artistically talented. At age twelve he was selling drawings to his neighbors. He fought at Gettysburg as well. He then got asked to go on a survey for an explorer. This started him photographing nature photographing nature. Some time later he was invited on a 5 year tour of the world. Which did not last last 5 years. And he shot all over the world. He worked until he died (age 99) and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
He was and still is a renowned photographer of the west. Historian Peter Hale said that William's photos "revealed the essential qualities of the west and reproduced the experience of contact with wilderness and god for millions of viewers" Because of this knack for taking beautiful pics of nature he helped to turn Yellowstone into a national park (YEAH HIM!) In the 1890's he was known as the "greatest landscape photographer"
On his 5 year tour he took many successful pictures in India. He was also a skilled painter, lecturer and writer.
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