Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho: Mid-day view. Adjacent walls about 1000 feet in height. Expansion

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho: Mid-day view. Adjacent walls about 1000 feet in height. 

ショショーニ滝、スネーク川、アイダホ 正午の眺め。隣接する岸壁の高さ約1,000フィート。

Artist
O'SULLIVAN, Timothy H.
オサリヴァン、ティモシー
Birth Year
1840
Death Year
1882
Date
1874 
Technique, Material, Format
albumen print 
Dimension
20.0 x 27.4 cm 
Category
Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist 
Inventory Number
84-PHF-072 

This photograph shows Shoshone Falls in the state of Idaho, U.S.A. This was the era of the Wild West, and Timothy O’Sullivan was participating in one of the four major government surveys of the region’s geology and natural resources. The size of the man at the bottom left conveys the scale and majesty of the waterfall and valley. As this shot shows, O’Sullivan excelled at depicting vast natural terrain within a single frame. His ability to also capture the overwhelming force of nature exerted a significant influence on later generations of American landscape photographers.
(OSAWA Sayoko)

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