Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 5/8 × 15 5/8 in. (39.7 × 39.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 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 number2023.26.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.Label TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) GHOST TOWN Stanley, Virginia, 1957 L2004.11.81 "Ghost Town" is the result of a combination of Winston Link's vision along with good communications and cooperation all around. Link recognized that with dramatic lighting, he could change the appearance of the main street of an ordinary little town into a setting of high visual drama. The people in the town cooperated fully in helping with the setup, including letting Link and his crew take refuge under the marquee of the local movie theater. Link telephoned the N&W dispatcher in Roanoke from the phone booth in the picture to check on the progress of oncoming trains. The N&W cooperated by holding up two freight trains which were due to follow each other in rapid succession, so that the photographer would have time to change the numerous flashbulbs spread across the scene, including one in the phone booth. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005Exhibition 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 ReferencesPhotographs by O. Winston Link, text by Timothy Hensley, _Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad_ (New York: Abrams, 1987), 53.
