c.1823- January 16, 1896 Mathew Brady is often referred to as
the father of photojournalism and is most well known for his
documentation of the Civil War. His photographs, and those he
commissioned, had a tremendous impact on society at the time of
the war, and continue to do so today. He and his employees
photographed thousands of images including battlefields, camp
life, and portraits of some of the most famous citizens of his
time including Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee. Brady was born
in Warren County, New York in the early 1820’s to Irish
immigrants, Andrew and Julia Brady. Little is known about his
early life, but historians believe that during a trip to the
Albany area, in search of a cure for an eye inflammation, he met
portrait painter William Page. It is also believed that through
William Page, Brady met Samuel F.B. Morse. Morse, a professor of
art, painting, and design at New York University and the
inventor of the telegraph likely tutored Brady in the newly
developed technology of daguerreotyp