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. 

O. Winston Link Artworks

O. Winston Link (1,059 results)
New York City Skyline, 1950

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New York City Skyline, 1950

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Snow (120 Neg), 1956

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Snow (120 Neg), 1956

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Locomotive 104 Taking Water, Bristol..., 1955

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Locomotive 104 Taking Water, Bristol..., 1955

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Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive-In,..., 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive-In,..., 1956

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Joe McNew in Cab of Locomotive, 1955

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Joe McNew in Cab of Locomotive, 1955

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Highball for the Double-Header, 1959

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Highball for the Double-Header, 1959

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1957

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Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1957

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Contact prints (four works), 1957

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Contact prints (four works), 1957

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Frank Phlegar a Railway Postal Clerk and a..., 1955

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Frank Phlegar a Railway Postal Clerk and a..., 1955

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Extra Coal Train East Near Falls Mills,..., 1955

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Extra Coal Train East Near Falls Mills,..., 1955

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Engine 429 at Bristol Station as Train No...., 1955

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Engine 429 at Bristol Station as Train No...., 1955

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Earl Carper Handling the Overpacked..., 1955

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Earl Carper Handling the Overpacked..., 1955

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Contact prints (four works), 1945

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Contact prints (four works), 1945

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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Untitled (from the Clouds series), 1950

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The Cavalier Leaves Williamson, West..., 1957

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The Cavalier Leaves Williamson, West..., 1957

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Christmas Time at Bridge 322, Seven-Mile..., 1957

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Christmas Time at Bridge 322, Seven-Mile..., 1957

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Charlie Dollinger Carries Mail, Whitetop,..., 1955

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Charlie Dollinger Carries Mail, Whitetop,..., 1955

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Bristol Roundhouse with Locomotive 382, 1957

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Bristol Roundhouse with Locomotive 382, 1957

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Leaving Green Cove, Virginia, Ford Sedan in..., 1956

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Leaving Green Cove, Virginia, Ford Sedan in..., 1956

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Abingdon Branch, Train No. 201 Arrives in..., 1955

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Abingdon Branch, Train No. 201 Arrives in..., 1955

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Contact prints (five works), 1955

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Contact prints (five works), 1955

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