O. Winston Link

(American, 1914–2001)

O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some of the earliest examples of night photography. Born on December 16, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY, he went on to receive a civil engineering degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1937. He developed several new forms of photographic equipment, notably rigging 43 flash bulbs to fire simultaneously so as to capture a steam locomotive at night. Of his preference for shooting after dark and in black and white, he once quipped: “The locomotives are black. The coal is black. The tracks are black. The night is black. So what am I going to do with color?” Today, there is an O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA dedicated to his photographs, audio files, and video works documenting the last days of steam locomotives along the Norfolk and Western Railway. He died on January 30, 2001 in Katonah, NY. 

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Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Walker Evans, Sally Mann, Hiroshi Sugimoto, George Tice

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O. Winston Link (1,059 results)
Giant oak: West-bound Birmingham..., 1957–1957

O. Winston Link

Giant oak: West-bound Birmingham..., 1957–1957

Sale Date: October 5, 2001

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957–1957

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957–1957

Sale Date: October 3, 2001

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Main line down Main Street, Norfolk,..., 1958–1958

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Main line down Main Street, Norfolk,..., 1958–1958

Sale Date: October 2, 2001

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Y-6 passes I-Class engine, 1950–1959

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Y-6 passes I-Class engine, 1950–1959

Sale Date: October 2, 2001

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Rural retreat, 1955–1955

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Rural retreat, 1955–1955

Sale Date: May 11, 2001

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Swiming pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958–1958

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Swiming pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958–1958

Sale Date: May 11, 2001

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Hot Shot, eastbound, Laeger, West..., 1956–1956

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Hot Shot, eastbound, Laeger, West..., 1956–1956

Sale Date: May 11, 2001

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Ghost town, 1955–1955

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Ghost town, 1955–1955

Sale Date: May 11, 2001

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Hotshot, eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956–1956

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Hotshot, eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956–1956

Sale Date: April 6, 2001

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Hot shot, Eastbound, laeger, West..., 1956–1956

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Hot shot, Eastbound, laeger, West..., 1956–1956

Sale Date: January 17, 2001

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Lubricator Charles Wade attends to the..., 1955–1955

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Lubricator Charles Wade attends to the..., 1955–1955

Sale Date: November 23, 2000

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Hot shot, Eastbound, Iaeger, West..., 1956–1956

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Hot shot, Eastbound, Iaeger, West..., 1956–1956

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Hot Shot, drive-in theater at Iaeger,..., 1956–1956

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Hot Shot, drive-in theater at Iaeger,..., 1956–1956

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Porch, Lithia, Virginia, 1955–1955

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Porch, Lithia, Virginia, 1955–1955

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Giant oak, 1955–1955

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Giant oak, 1955–1955

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Second 92 at Waynesboro Station, Virginia, 1955–1955

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Second 92 at Waynesboro Station, Virginia, 1955–1955

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Rural retreat, Virginia, 1956–1956

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Rural retreat, Virginia, 1956–1956

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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J Class being washed at Schaffer's..., 1955–1955

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J Class being washed at Schaffer's..., 1955–1955

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Hotshot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957–1957

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Hotshot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957–1957

Sale Date: October 12, 2000

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Hot shot, eastbound, Iaeger, West..., 1956–1956

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Hot shot, eastbound, Iaeger, West..., 1956–1956

Sale Date: October 11, 2000

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Christmas Eve at Seven-Mile Ford,..., 1957–1957

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Christmas Eve at Seven-Mile Ford,..., 1957–1957

Sale Date: May 10, 2000

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The Keith children fishing, Lithia, Virginia

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The Keith children fishing, Lithia, Virginia

Sale Date: May 10, 2000

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Gooseneck Dam, Maury River, Virginia, 1956–1956

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Gooseneck Dam, Maury River, Virginia, 1956–1956

Sale Date: May 10, 2000

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NW13 Washing J Class 605 at Schaffers..., 1955–1955

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NW13 Washing J Class 605 at Schaffers..., 1955–1955

Sale Date: April 5, 2000

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