O. Winston Link (1914-2001) NW 883, Gooseneck Dam and The...
O. Winston Link (1914-2001)
NW 883, Gooseneck Dam and The No. 2 near Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1956
Gelatin silver print, printed 1984; signed and dated in silver ink on the image, signed and annotated in pencil and the photographer's copyright credit and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, framed.
19 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (49.2 x 39.4 cm.)
sheet 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
Swann Galleries, 7 December 2004, Lot 210
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
O. Winston Link, Life Along The Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad (New York, 2012), pl. 113 (variant)
Note
"It required six full days to set up and complete. To get the flash units across the river we had to cross on a two-wire span, one for your feet and the higher one for your hands as there were no boats or bridges nearby. The uptilted strata with water rushing between the plates of rock in the set-up area was so confusing at night that we set up guide ropes to get to the light stands and cameras. It was a great challenge, and a satisfaction to see the negative of the first exposure, without any test, was as we had calculated it to be." - O. Winston Link, Life Along The Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad
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O. Winston Link (1914-2001)
NW 883, Gooseneck Dam and The No. 2 near Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1956
Gelatin silver print, printed 1984; signed and dated in silver ink on the image, signed and annotated in pencil and the photographer's copyright credit and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, framed.
19 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (49.2 x 39.4 cm.)
sheet 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
Swann Galleries, 7 December 2004, Lot 210
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
O. Winston Link, Life Along The Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad (New York, 2012), pl. 113 (variant)
Note
"It required six full days to set up and complete. To get the flash units across the river we had to cross on a two-wire span, one for your feet and the higher one for your hands as there were no boats or bridges nearby. The uptilted strata with water rushing between the plates of rock in the set-up area was so confusing at night that we set up guide ropes to get to the light stands and cameras. It was a great challenge, and a satisfaction to see the negative of the first exposure, without any test, was as we had calculated it to be." - O. Winston Link, Life Along The Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad
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