Edward Livingston Wilson
Portrait of E.L. Wilson by Frederick Gutekunst, 1881
Wilson in Egypt, ca.1882
Edward Livingston Wilson (1838-1903) was an American photographer, writer and publisher. In Philadelphia in the 1860s he worked for Frederick Gutekunst and in 1864 he began the Philadelphia Photographer magazine.[1] He served as an energetic officer of the National Photographic Association of the United States.[2] In 1869 he joined the "Eclipse Expedition" in Iowa overseen by Henry Morton,[2] and in 1881 travelled to the Middle East.[1] In New York City he published Wilson's Photographic Magazine starting in 1889. Collaborators included Michael F. Benerman[3] and William H. Rau. Readers included Edward S. Curtis.[4]
References
- 1 2 Sarah J. Weatherwax (2008). "Edward Livingston Wilson". In John Hannavy. Encyclopedia of 19th century photography. Routledge.
- 1 2 "Edward Livingstone Wilson". The Photographic Times and American Photographer. July 6, 1888.
- ↑ Michael Fields[?] Benerman. (cf. Philadelphia City Directory. 1867.)
- ↑ Timothy Egan (2012), Short nights of the Shadow Catcher: the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780618969029
Further reading
Works by Wilson
- Written, photographed, and/or edited by Wilson
- Edward L. Wilson, ed. (1864-). Photographic Mosaics: an Annual Record of Photographic Progress. Philadelphia: Edward L. Wilson. Check date values in:
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- Edward L. Wilson (1868). American Carbon Manual. New York: Scovill.
- Edward L. Wilson (1881), Wilson's Photographics: a Series of Lessons, Philadelphia: Edward L. Wilson
- Edward L. Wilson (May 1887). "Finding Pharaoh". Century Magazine 34.
- Edward L. Wilson (1887), Wilson's quarter century in photography, New York: Edward L. Wilson, OCLC 2948182
- "Wilson's Photographic Magazine". New York: Edward L. Wilson. 1889–1914.
- Edward L. Wilson (1890), In Scripture Lands: new views of sacred places, New York: C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 3891540. Includes photos of Jerusalem, Petra, Thebes, Tiberias.
- W. T. Wilkinson (1895), Photo-engraving, photo-etching, and photo-lithography in line and half-tone (6th ed.), New York: Edward L. Wilson
- Other authors published by Wilson
- James Newman (1866), M. Carey Lea, ed., Newman's manual of harmonious coloring, as applied to photographs, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, OCLC 261261955
- George B. Ayres (1871), How to paint photographs in water colors and in oil; also, how to retouch negatives, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson
- A.K.P. Trask (1872), Trask's practical ferrotyper, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson
- Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1873), Photographer's pocket reference-book and dictionary, Translated by Edward F. Moelling, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson
- Charles W. Hearn (1874), The practical printer: a complete manual of photographic printing, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson
- Lyman G Bigelow (1876). Artistic photography and how to attain it. Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson.
- Robert J. Chute (1876), The Centennial photographic diary, Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, OCLC 3860149
- Henry Peach Robinson (1881), Pictorial effect in photography, Philadelphia: E.L. Wilson
Works about Wilson
- Oscar Fay Adams (1904), "Wilson, Edward Livingstone", Dictionary of American Authors, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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