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O. Winston Link
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American
, 1914–2001)
O. Winston Link
Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, Virginia,
1957
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1914
Born Ogle Winston Link on December 16, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY
1937 - 1942
Worked as a photographer for New York City public relations firm Carl Byoir Associates
1937
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute (now Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, NY
1942
Went to work for Columbia Institute Laboratory in Mineola, Long Island where he performed secret war research for the U.S. Government
Because of the proximity of the LIRR to the lab where he worked and his ongoing interest in trains, he started taking photographs of the trains
1945
Began working independently as a photographer after WWII
1955 - 1960
Photographed the trains on the Norfolk & Western Railroad in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina
1960
Returned to New York and continued as a commercial photographer
2000
He agreed to the creation of the O. Winston Link Museum to be located in the historic Norfalk & Western Passenger Station in Roanoke, VA, and the station was restored and refurbished by famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy
2001
Died in South Salem, NY
2004
The O. Winston Link Museum opened
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Exhibitions
2000
Classic & Rare Photographs of America’s Steam Railroad, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1999
Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
The Photographer’s Gallery, London (solo)
1998
The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC (solo)
Expanded Visions: The Panoramic Photograph. Addison Gallery of American Art, Philips Academy, Andover, MA.
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1997
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
Trains That Pass in the Night, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
1996
Last Steam Railroad in America, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Spaces for the Self: The Symbolic Imagery of Place, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY
Last Steam Railroad in America, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Rails, Trails, and Back Roads: O. Winston Link and Other Photographers, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA
1994
Preview of the 1994/95 Exhibition Year, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Steam, Steel & Stars: Photographs by O. Winston Link, Center for Metropolitan Studies, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Transport, Curated by Helen Miranda Wilson, Maier Museum of Art, Randolf-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, VA
1993
Night Trick, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1992
The Ghost Trains, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
American Industrialism, 1902-1992, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Works by Gallery Artists, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Special Edition Prints, James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY; and Robert Burge/20th Century Photographs, Ltd., New York, NY (solo)
1990
America's Last Steam Railroad, The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
1989
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1988
Vintage Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1982
Floods of Light: Flash Photography 1851-1981, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
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Public Collections
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, CA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Literature
1999
The American Art Book, London, Phaidon Press, Ltd.
1997
The Photography Book, London, Phaidon Press, Ltd.
1995
The Last Steam Railroad in America: Photographs by O. Winston Link, Thomas H. Garver, Harry N. Abrams Publishing, New York, NY
1987
Steam, Steel, and Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad, Tim Hensley, Harry N. Abrams Publishing, New York, NY
1983
Night Trick: Photographs of the Norfolk & Western Railway, Norfolk & Western Railway - publishers, Norfolk, VA
