Forgotten Photographer Made the West

Constant Wonder

Mar 12, 2021 7:00 pm
52:50 mins

An art historian shares the life of Carleton Watkins, arguably the greatest photographer in the American West. NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses his newest book, "Imperfect Union," and explains how Jessie and John Frémont forever changed the American West.

Episode Segments

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America’s Forgotten Photographer Made the West

45m

Carleton Watkins was arguably the greatest photographer of the American West.

Imperfect Union

Inventing the concept of celebrity along the way, the brilliant and wealthy Jessie and John Frémont were central to the westward expansion of the United States.