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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O. Winston Link and George Thom with Part of , 1956

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O. Winston Link and George Thom with Part of , 1956

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Train 2 Arrives at Waynesboro Station..., 1955

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Train 2 Arrives at Waynesboro Station..., 1955

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J. W. Dalhouse Cleans a Locomotive..., 1955

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J. W. Dalhouse Cleans a Locomotive..., 1955

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Untitled, 1956

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Untitled, 1956

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Train 201 Crossing Bridge 11, Holston River, , 1955

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Train 201 Crossing Bridge 11, Holston River, , 1955

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Triborough Bridge, 1933

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Triborough Bridge, 1933

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Train No. 2 on Bridge 425 (Back View),..., 1956

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Train No. 2 on Bridge 425 (Back View),..., 1956

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Train No. 2 and Gooseneck Dam on the Maury..., 1956

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Train No. 2 and Gooseneck Dam on the Maury..., 1956

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Front of A Class Locomotive Pulling Cavalier , 1958

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Front of A Class Locomotive Pulling Cavalier , 1958

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The Volunteer Fire Department and Train No...., 1957

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The Volunteer Fire Department and Train No...., 1957

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The Popes Watch the Last Steam Powered..., 1957

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The Popes Watch the Last Steam Powered..., 1957

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The Keith Children Fish as Train No. 2..., 1956

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The Keith Children Fish as Train No. 2..., 1956

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The Birmingham Special Westbound Passing Max , 1957

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The Birmingham Special Westbound Passing Max , 1957

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Contact prints (two works), 1955

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Contact prints (two works), 1955

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The Birmingham Special Gets the Highball at..., 1957

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The Birmingham Special Gets the Highball at..., 1957

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Solitude Siding and Train No. 2, Virginia, 1957

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Solitude Siding and Train No. 2, Virginia, 1957

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Second 95 in the Cut at Lithia, Virginia, 1956

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Second 95 in the Cut at Lithia, Virginia, 1956

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S-1A Switcher and its Crew, Roanoke, 1958

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S-1A Switcher and its Crew, Roanoke, 1958

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RR Cross Ties Drying in the Sun and Air,..., 1950

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RR Cross Ties Drying in the Sun and Air,..., 1950

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Presbyterian Church, Seven-Mile Ford,..., 1955

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Presbyterian Church, Seven-Mile Ford,..., 1955

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Jane White and Ben Dulaney Leave The..., 1955

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Jane White and Ben Dulaney Leave The..., 1955

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Contact prints (three works), 1955

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Contact prints (three works), 1955

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Norvel Ryan and His Son Herd Cows as Train..., 1955

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Norvel Ryan and His Son Herd Cows as Train..., 1955

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