Gifford Pinchot's Photographic Aesthetic

Gifford Pinchot’s aesthetic developed in childhood and combined the pictorial considerations of the Hudson River School with the use philosophy of early landscape architecture and the format of early western survey photographers. Pinchot and photography came of age during the American industrial revolution; at a time when medium and man seemed to encompass both art and science. Gifford Pinchot used photography to ask the questions what is the proper course? what is the appropriate plan of use?

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Montana

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Magill, Carlie Shaw

• American Conservation Movement
• Forest Service
• Photography

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1257

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.umt.edu:etd-2276