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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O. Winston Link (1,059 results)
Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1936–1936

O. Winston Link

Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1936–1936

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Hotshot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

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Hotshot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: April 18, 1997

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The General, 1956

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The General, 1956

Sale Date: April 17, 1997

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Norfolk and Western, night, 1955

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Norfolk and Western, night, 1955

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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Hot Shot Eastbound, lager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound, lager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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Virginia creeper at Green Cove, 1956

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Virginia creeper at Green Cove, 1956

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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The swimming hole, 1950

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The swimming hole, 1950

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: April 18, 1996

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Hot Shot eastbound, 1956

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Hot Shot eastbound, 1956

Sale Date: December 14, 1995

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Policeman Stanley Weldon Painter patrols the , 1956

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Policeman Stanley Weldon Painter patrols the , 1956

Sale Date: December 5, 1995

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Sometimes the electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Sometimes the electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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No.2 crosses Bridge 429 over the C & O at..., 1956

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No.2 crosses Bridge 429 over the C & O at..., 1956

Sale Date: April 6, 1995

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: April 6, 1995

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Birmingham special at rural retreat, Virginia

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Birmingham special at rural retreat, Virginia

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, IAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1956

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, IAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1956

Sale Date: October 6, 1994

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, IAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1957

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, IAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1957

Sale Date: October 6, 1994

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Swimming Pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

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Swimming Pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

Sale Date: September 9, 1994

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LURAY CROSSING, 1950

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LURAY CROSSING, 1950

Sale Date: May 12, 1994

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RURAL RETREAT, 1955

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RURAL RETREAT, 1955

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, LAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1957

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HOT SHOT EASTBOUND, LAEGER, WEST VIRGINIA, 1957

Sale Date: April 21, 1994

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Night Trick, 1955

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Night Trick, 1955

Sale Date: January 29, 1994

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