Look out point

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/images/lib-arch/research/photos/38fs.jpg

i have chosen a photograph by Soloman D Butcher. It is a famous spot were horse thieves would hide their stolen herds. Soloman D butcher was a photographer that took pictures around c.1900 to try and capture and preserve the time of the settlers as he saw it would be over soon. In his lifetime he was never commended for his work, but now his work is appreciated, as it captures the early stages of American life all thanks to his perception of history unfolding before him and his dedication to capture it in photo form.

This immediately stood out to me as the trees looked really out of place. I later found out that Soloman drew the trees onto the negative. This is because timber merchants had cut them down before he got there. Soloman must have heard of this iconic location because of its links to the horse rustling and set out to get a picture of the place, only to find it had changed massively. This is a perfect example of the vastness of America and the rate in which it was changing around the 1900s.

i like how soloman has edited the picture to make the landscape look like he thought it did as it shows him trying to slow down or hold on to exactly what he was passionate about.