Before Ansel Adams stunned the country with his photographs of the American West, Carleton E. Watkins was creating impressive 3-D images of California and the Pacific Northwest. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Watkins' photography of Yosemite inspired Congress and President Lincoln to preserve the valley, saving it for the future national park system. Watkins traveled to the west as a young man and was introduced to photography by chance in San Francisco when he filled in at a photography stu...
Before Ansel Adams stunned the country with his photographs of the American West, Carleton E. Watkins was creating impressive 3-D images of California and the Pacific Northwest. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Watkins' photography of Yosemite inspired Congress and President Lincoln to preserve the valley, saving it for the future national park system. Watkins traveled to the west as a young man and was introduced to photography by chance in San Francisco when he filled in at a photography stu...
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