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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Making a Crossing. Hold Her Heavy, Pard. , from the series "The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life on the Wisconsin"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Making a Crossing. Hold Her Heavy, Pard. , from the series "The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life on the Wisconsin"

1886

Beyond landscape photography, Bennett chronicled the dangerous lives of Wisconsin river workers, capturing authentic moments of frontier labor with both documentary accuracy and artistic composition.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Making a Crossing. Hold Her Heavy, Pard. , from the series "The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life on the Wisconsin", 1886

Beyond landscape photography, Bennett chronicled the dangerous lives of Wisconsin river workers, capturing authentic moments of frontier labor with both documentary accuracy and artistic composition.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1886
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Landscape, Water, Narrative

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