Alexander Gardner
Ruins of Petersburg and Richard Raidroad Bridge
1864
Revealing the war's infrastructure destruction, Gardner's documentation of railroad ruins demonstrates photography's power to convey the comprehensive devastation of modern warfare.
- Medium
- Albumen print, pl. 88 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Spotted works by Alexander Gardner
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