Framing the West

The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Ranked #65 in Framing

A comprehensive look at one of the most celebrated photographers of the American frontier

The image of the untamed American West persists as one of our country’s most enduring cultural myths, and few photographers have captured more compelling images of the frontier than Timothy H. O’Sullivan. Trained under Mathew Brady, O’Sullivan accompanied several government expeditions to the West—most notably with geologist Clarence King in 1867 and cartographer George M. Wheeler in 1871. Along these journeys, O’Sullivan produced many beautiful photographs that exhibit a forthright...
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