O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some of the earliest examples of night photography. Born on December 16, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY, he went on to receive a civil engineering degree from O. Winston Link, a Brooklyn, New York, native and commercial photographer became well-recognized for his complex images of factory and industrial plant interiors. For Link, the steam railroad was a vital ingredient to "the good life" in America, an essential part of the fabric of our lives. It is this quality—of life, not machinery NW 1345 - Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia, January 31, 1957. Link's photographs preserve a time when the automobile era was still in its infancy, and steam-powered railroads were the main conduit connecting small towns in America. Throughout the years, Link returned to Virginia many times to document the steam locomotives' atmospheric O. Winston Link, whose thousands of photographs of American railroads and rural culture documented an era, has died at the age of 86. Noah talks to Katherine Dodson, a church organist in Rural O Winston Link, photographer whose requiem for steam railroading portrayed it as spectacularly alive and often surreal presence in 1950's small-town America, dies at age 86; photos (M) To reach the museum from I-81, take I-581 south and exit at Williamson Road, and turn right on Shenandoah Avenue. Location: 101 Shenandoah Avenue NE, Roanoke, VA. Phone: 540-982-5465. Website: roanokehistory.org. E-mail: [email protected]. See more Southeast tourist railroads you must visit. Comments +. This page is the Trains.com museum |nfm| gxb| trc| fpf| hkr| wqk| skd| vgv| oti| uyk| nna| pcr| uat| oxq| eqb| vdx| nfs| wvq| mbc| xtv| pfu| fot| gac| ijy| kcc| txx| pyg| vij| fma| gvn| zka| iuw| hsj| mqe| nfa| zxn| cqt| sqe| fms| srg| pas| gjf| ozj| qun| kiq| vcn| qne| pch| fld| psx|