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Civil War Photo Forensics

Scott Hippensteel
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19th-century war photography
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Alexander Gardner
antique war images
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battlefield documentation
battlefield photographs
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Civil War camera technology
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George Barnard
historic battlefield photos
Mathew Brady
photographic history of the Civil War
preservation of Civil War photographs
stereoscopic war images
Timothy O'Sullivan
tintype images
Union Army photographers
war correspondents photography
war photography pioneers
wet plate photography

Product details

  • ISBN 9798895270875
  • Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Apr 2026
  • Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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In Civil War Photo Forensics, author Scott Hippensteel reconsiders iconic photographs from the American Civil War in a completely new light, questioning everything we have been taught about the images and their significance. Employing new scientific techniques to investigate the timing, location, and authenticity of photographs taken by Alexander Gardner, Mathew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan, and their contemporaries, Hippensteel provides fresh insights into the motivations behind these pioneers in battlefield photography.

As the first battlefield photojournalists, these documentarians and their work deserve a critical and scientific treatment of this order. In addition to their historical value, Hippensteel's study demonstrates that the degree of manipulation present in many of the most famous Civil War "combat" photographs should make us contemplate whether an image is more a work of art than an unbiased example of front-line reporting. Complete with 128 high-quality images, Civil War Photo Forensics will be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of Civil War and photography enthusiasts.
About Scott Hippensteel
Scott Hippensteel is a professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographic Sciences. He has published three other books on the American Civil War: Rocks and Rifles: The Influence of Geology on the Combat and Tactics of the American Civil War, Myths of the Civil War: The Fact, Fiction, and Science behind the Civil War’s Most-Told Stories, and Sand, Science, and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat, which was named a top ten book of 2023 by Civil War Books and Authors.

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