Mathew_B_Brady

Mathew B Brady Mathew B. Brady (1823-1896) Mathew Brady was an early photographer most famous for his work during the Civil War. He spent his whole life savings to train and equip a group of men for his expedition. He was granted special permission to follow around the Union army from camp to camp and from battle to battle documenting all aspects of life during the war. In the end nobody wanted Brady¡Çs pictures. The debts brought on by his project would plague him for the rest of his life. (W.J.G, 585) Mathew B. Brady was born about 1823 in Warren County, New York. (Webster¡Çs, 129) He was born into an Irish family and was brought up with little education. It is said that he had his own way of spelling the first part of his given name and he did not know what his middle initial represented. (W.J.G., 584) It could be because he was born with failing eyesight that he had trouble with his education. (May, 2) It is a kind of irony considering his chosen profession. Although he had no formal education he managed to scrape together a reasonable facsimile. (W.J.G., 584) His friend William Page, the painter, encouraged him wjg, webster¡çs, pictures, war, new, brady¡çs, york, brady, 585, 129, studio, mathew, famous, collection, became, battle, work, took, people, life, american, ¡èbrady, time, taking, spent, rest, portraits, photography, own, over, medal, eyesight, experimenting, exhibition, education, during