Bridge 52 on the Abingdon Branch
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Steam Power: Railroad Photographs of O. Winston Link
Saturday, Jun 28, 2008 to
Aug 24, 2008
Experience the power of locomotives through the
dramatic photographs of O. Winston Link (1914-
2001), America’s premier photographer of steam
railroading. From 1955-1960, Link made twenty
trips to Norfolk & Western Railway tracks in
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and North
Carolina, producing 2,400 images using a Graphic
View Camera. Among Link’s innovations was his
solution to the problem of lighting, for as he
once said, “You can’t move the sun, and you
can’t move the tracks.” He custom-built his own
flash equipment required for the large-scale
photos he preferred to shoot at night.
Click on the links below to view additional artworks from this exhibition.
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