Following Mathew Brady's example.

    My studies of photography would not be complete without Mathew B. Brady. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896. Brady studied under Samuel Morse who championed the daguerreotype in the US. In 1844 Brady opened a studio in New York. He photographed many us presidents in his time. By the time the civil war broke out Brady traveled the country photographing many stirring images of generals and striking images of the battlefields. By the end of the war Brady's fortunes dwindled and he was caught up dept. After the devastating death of his wife in 1887, On January 15, 1896 Brady died penniless in the charity ward of Presbyterian hospital from complications of a streetcar accident.

      For a time in my career as a photographer I endeavored to emulate the late Mathew Brady. I took up  traveling to local reenactments and photographing them in a style that might resemble that of Brady. I enjoy trying new things as a photographer, new cameras and techniques. I was also a big fan of alternative processes. I experimented with toned prints, cyanotypes, and calotypes, printing an emulsion on art paper and exposing it to a negative in an enlarger. I became very proficient in the different techniques. 

      I hope you enjoy my images and appreciate all it took to create them. Jim