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)
Abingdon Branch, Maud Bows to the Virginia..., 1956

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Abingdon Branch, Maud Bows to the Virginia..., 1956

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Contact prints (two works), 1945

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Contact prints (two works), 1945

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Class A Locomotive in a Hurry, Near Bonsack, , 1959

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Class A Locomotive in a Hurry, Near Bonsack, , 1959

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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A Class, Lanterns and Funnels, Boaz Siding,..., 1955

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A Class, Lanterns and Funnels, Boaz Siding,..., 1955

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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A Class Locomotive and Freight on a Foggy..., 1958

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A Class Locomotive and Freight on a Foggy..., 1958

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray,..., 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray,..., 1956

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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Hester Fringer's Living Room on the Tracks,..., 1955

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Hester Fringer's Living Room on the Tracks,..., 1955

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, VA, 1955

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, VA, 1955

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1956

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1956

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, 1957

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, 1957

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails,..., 1955–1956

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails,..., 1955–1956

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Shenandoah Junction, 1957

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Shenandoah Junction, 1957

Sale Date: April 7, 2022

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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

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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

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

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Train 16 Leaves Williamson, 1958

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Train 16 Leaves Williamson, 1958

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Maude Bows to the Virginia Creeper, 1958

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Maude Bows to the Virginia Creeper, 1958

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1957

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Abingdon Branch, Maud Bows to the Virginia..., 1956

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Abingdon Branch, Maud Bows to the Virginia..., 1956

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Birmingham Special Gets the Highball at..., 1957

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Birmingham Special Gets the Highball at..., 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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

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

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Public Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1958

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Public Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1958

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Double Header Upgrade on Blue Ridge Grade, 1957

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Double Header Upgrade on Blue Ridge Grade, 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Inside Austin's General Store, Train No. 2..., 1957

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Inside Austin's General Store, Train No. 2..., 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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