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The Grand Review: Explorations of Civil War Photos
June 1, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Take a fascinating look at some of the Civil War’s most intriguing and recently discovered images.
The visual treasures taken by the war’s photographers are still revealing themselves with discoveries of previously unknown images as well as exciting, new ways to look at known images, including photos showing movement. Believe it or not, Civil War motion pictures exist – created from four images taken in quick succession that capture wagons, ships and other scenes in motion. Zeller will present some of these recent discoveries, including a newly found image taken at Camp Letterman in Gettysburg. A Frederick section will include the famous shot of Confederates in Frederick as well as the earliest known images of the city as captured on daguerreotype plates. In addition, wearing 3-D glasses, viewers will feel as if they can literally step into the tableaus of some of the war’s most famous photographs, many reproduced directly from original glass-plate negatives, providing unmatched clarity.
Bob Zeller is a writer and historian as well as the co-founder and president of The Center for Civil War Photography. Zeller pioneered the reintroduction of the war’s 3-D photographs into Civil War studies with his groundbreaking stereoscopic photo history of the war: The Civil War in Depth – History in 3-D in 1997. It was the first book to present Civil War stereo photos the way they were taken and meant to be seen. He has since published multiple books on Civil War photography and history and has lectured on Civil War photography for over 30 years. He has presented 3-D shows at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Associates, Museum of the Confederacy, Chrysler Museum, the Newseum, the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Maryland Historical Society and more than 150 other venues. Zeller, 71, is a native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He is married to former newspaper photographer and city manager Ann G. Bailie. They have two grown children and live beside Lake Norman, N.C.
