Balanced Rock

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Balanced Rock

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William Henry Jackson

American Photographer · 1843–1942

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From age twelve until age ninety-nine, William Henry Jackson was involved on some level with photography. After a tour of duty in the Civil War, he headed West and eventually settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a portrait photography studio with his brother Edward. As Jackson explained, however, "Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops,

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Date
about 1873–1884
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
d09e76c6-0fb0-4849-a4df-4da64923a052

A large rock formation balancing on a narrow base beside a tree.

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