Class A in a Hurry, Blue Ridge Grade, Near Bonsack, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1959
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 × 19 1/2 in. (38.1 × 49.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 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 number2023.26.28
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.Label TextO. Winston Link American, 1914–2001 Class A in a Hurry, Blue Ridge Grade Near Bonsack, Virginia, 1959 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Winston Link made an extensive series on steam engines during their last hurrah, when the railroad industry was turning from coal to diesel power. He developed an impressive array of flash equipment to capture the hulking steam engines weaving their way through small towns and country settings at night. For this image, however, he wanted to convey the sense of motion and energy of a locomotive rushing by at full speed. Using a shutter speed that slowed, but did not freeze the locomotive, and by nearly filling the frame, he expresses all its intense power. Promised gift of David and Susan Goode L2004.11.98 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. "Photographs Take Time: Pictures from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - August 26, 2018. Published ReferencesPhotographs by O. Winston Link, text by Thomas H. Garver, _The Last Steam Railroad In America: From Tidewater To Whitetop_ (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1995), 50.
