Echoes of the Civil War : capturing battlefields through a pinhole camera
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Naples Library - Adult Nonfiction
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280 pages : color illustrations ; cm
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In 2011, Michael Falco set out to document the American Civil War's 150th anniversary by photographing reenactments of more than 20 major battlesfrom the First Manassas, Antietam, and Chancellorsville to Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Appomattox. But rather than shooting these historic re-creations in high-definition, Falco opted for a different, older medium: a pinhole camera. This antebellum photographic technology, shot from an on-the-ground perspective, captures these battlefields in a way that feels more “real” and fully realized than even the famous daguerrotypes made during the war itself. In Falco's transporting photographs, the smoke-filled battle reenactments become blurred and dreamlike, echoing the sentiments found in the actual letters and journals of soldiers who fought and died there. Throughout, historical photographs from the period offer context to the modern-day re-creations, showing just how muchor how littlehas changed on this hallowed ground. One hundred and fifty years after the last soldier fell, Echoes of the Civil War provides beautiful and compelling evidence of a Civil War landscape that is, literally and metaphorically, still with us.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Falco, M. (2016). Echoes of the Civil War: capturing battlefields through a pinhole camera . The Countryman Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Falco, Michael. 2016. Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields Through a Pinhole Camera. New York, NY: The Countryman Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Falco, Michael. Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields Through a Pinhole Camera New York, NY: The Countryman Press, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Falco, Michael. Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields Through a Pinhole Camera The Countryman Press, 2016.

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