New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.

Train No. 2 Crossing Bridge 425--View of the Right Side, Arcadia, Virginia

Artist O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)

CultureAmerican

Date1956

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 9/16 × 19 1/2 in. (39.5 × 49.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 1/8 × 28 1/16 in. (63.8 × 71.3 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated by the artist in pencil on the verso of the print. Artist's Studio stamp on the verso of the print.

Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode

Object number2022.31.14

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) TRAIN NO. 2 CROSSING BRIDGE 425-VIEW OF THE RIGHT SIDE Arcadia, Virginia, 1956 L2004.11.49 In August 1956, Winston Link created two photographs of Train No. 2 at Bridge 425 which were taken simultaneously from both sides of the locomotive. This is the view of the right side, and shows engineer Walter Finney looking out the cab window for the photographer. Link had told Finney where he would be photographing that night, but Link was standing by the camera on the opposite side of the locomotive. The challenge in creating two photographs of the same object with the cameras aimed towards each other is to make sure that the lighting on one side of the locomotive doesn't create a blinding glare in the camera on the other side. In this pair of photographs, Link worked hard to make sure that his large flashbulb reflectors would be hidden from the opposite camera. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery to Susan and David Goode to CMA.Exhibition History"Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesGhost Trains: Railroad Photographs of the 1950s (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1983). This booklet accompanied the exhibition of Link's works at the Chysler. It includes some of Link's recordings on an 8" 33 RPM and data on all the photos. Night Tick by O. Winston Link: Photographs of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1955-60 (London: The Photographers' Gallery, 1983) Tim Hansley and O. Winston Link, Stream, Steel, and Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987) Anthony Korner, "The Night Owl," Artforum 27, no. 27, no. 9 (May 1989): 141-146 O. Winston Link and Thomas H. Garver, The Last Steam Railroad in America, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995)