Evelyn Cameron by Evelyn Cameron
Born in 1868 to a wealthy British family, Evelyn Cameron traded privilege for adventure, the lush English countryside for the austere eastern Montana badlands, a lavish estate for a tiny homestead shack.In 1894, at the age of 26, Evelyn turned to the burgeoning art of glass-plate photography as a way to support the Camerons' struggling horse ranch, producing some of the most remarkable images of pioneer life ever seen.
Often riding twenty to thirty miles roundtrip, carrying her nine-pound camera around her waist and her wooden tripod in a gun scabbard, she spent thirty-four years documenting eastern Montana. She captured western landscapes: the ruggedly beautiful badlands, vast expanses of unfenced prairie, and otherwordly sandstone formations. And she photographed western characters: sodbusters, cowpunchers, and sheep shearers, stern-faced ranch families, and hopeful, dreamy-eyed immigrants. She also produced some of the first photographs of North American birds.
Evelyn Cameron: Montana's Frontier Photographer showcases 117 of the finest and most fascinating images by this adventurer, homesteader, ranchwoman, and great American photographer.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781560374657 |
| ISBN 10 | 1560374659 |
| Title | Evelyn Cameron |
| Author | Evelyn Cameron |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Farcountry Press |
| Year published | 2007-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Prizes | Montana Book Award |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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