John McCosh
Chirurg der britischen Armee, Fotograf, Autor
Lebensdaten
( Kirkmichael / GB 05.03.1805 - 16.03.1885 London )
Werdegang
Name auch MacCosh oder M'Cosh
1840 Studium an der Edinburgh University in militärischer Chirurgie, Chirurgie und medizinischer Rechtswissenschaft
Aufenthalte während verschiedener Kriege in Indien: z.B. 1848-1849 und 1852-1853
fotografische Betätigung wahrscheinlich ab 1848
1856 Ausscheiden aus dem Militär
"McCosh, a British military surgeon, used the medium simply to preserve images of the people and places he came into contact with, much as the majority of camera-users do today. Attributing to him the accolade of being the first war photographer - as many writers have done over years - is to place his work within a context the photographer himself would not have recognised." [1]
Literatur
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
Quelle
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
