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Re: O Winston Link passed away
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:14:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> Most famous for his photography of the N&W railway, along with sound recordings
> of the same, O Winston Link has passed away.
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> (for those of you who don't know about him, he took flash photographs at night
> of railway scenes. For these photographs, 150+ flash bulbs would be triggered
> at once. This allowed great control and stop motion to be acchieved)
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> James
This is quite a shame as he was a remarkable photographer. Recently in some
magazine (the New Yorker?, Vanity Fair?) there was an article about the
surprising number of great 20th century photographers who are still alive
though quite advanced in age and Link certainly had a pride of place. At
least we still have the photos.
Jonathan
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| (...) I can scan some of Link's photos if anyone would like, they are in some model railroad magazines. I think he only too B&W's too. Josh (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Most famous for his photography of the N&W railway, along with sound recordings of the same, O Winston Link has passed away. (for those of you who don't know about him, he took flash photographs at night of railway scenes. For these photographs, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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