O. Winston Link - Dreams In Steam
The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the twentieth century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition between steam railroading and rural culture. He is most noted for his 1950's photographs of steam locomotives taken at night, lit by numerous flashbulbs. He carefully planned the lighting and the staging of these photos, placing human subjects in many.
This video documentary was produced for the O. Winston Link Museum by Steve Stinson and features local photographer Stephanie Klein Davis, who provides a look behind the lens at Link's techniques and developing practices.
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I was so excited to see this video, I'm 75 and had the pleasure of meeting Mr Link when I was living in the Drive In Theater in Iaeger. He was taking the picture of the Hot Shot and asked my Brother and I, to ask people to park their cars on the side nearest the tracks in the Theater so it would look full. He took the time to make two small children feel important. As I grew older I had some contact with him in cards and letters. I was so happy to see him succeed with his pictures to become a famous artist.He sent a copy of the Hot Shot along with two silver dollars.Loved your video!
Learned about Mr. Link through a BBC series on art, PERSPECTIVES episode on art of the night. My late Dad and much of his family were employees with steam rail but during Dad's lifetime we didn't know about this slice of regional history but thanks to this video, I was able to learn and see so much. Thank you for the production and I hope to get to Roanoke to learn more, soon!
this is the best O.W.L. video I've ever seen. Takes you behind the scenes, to his equipment and darkroom, as well as his transportation and "accommodations" while waiting for the train (which sometimes included a blanket and a woodpile)
A magnificent tribute to a genius. Intensely interesting, and a reminder of what is gone for good.
Mr. Link was a true artist! He captured incredible images that documented unbelievable moments in time!
Thank you very much for posting!
Great documentary of days gone by
Thank you so much for putting this up on KZread!
I heard when 382 was retired link got the bell, whistle, number boards and headlight.
A lot of work! An excellent and creative photographer. Great video.
Wonderful video! Thank you for going into depth on how Link made these works of art and giving a detailed insight on his background.
Excellent documentary about Mr Link and his work. I hope someday his project of the building of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in NYC receives some attention as well.
I once read a book about N&W steam. The author claimed that the real reason N&W had to quit steam was that the appliance makers like Elesco who among other things made feedwater heaters, had all gone under since they lost all of their customers except for N&W. They no longer had anyone who would furnish things like stokers, steam powered air pumps for braking, whistles, all the steam related gauges, superheaters and so forth.
Genius.
An amazing classic! 'Gets to the soul of REAL Steam Railroading, but how does one get this video on DVD? (And yeah, I know what you're thinking..."why not do a simple FWD to whomever you want to share this with?") I have my reasons...O.K? THAT, and I'd hate to somehow lose this video on line. It's so "Freaking-beautiful" and calming. Again, is there a DVD out there on this exact video?
Ok am I crazy but at the beginning of this video when it showed the picture of the girl standing on the blocks of ice does it not look like she is holding a cellphone in her hand???
Do they sell the video at the Link Museum gift shop? Shame on them if they don't.
The N&W runs through Waynesboro, not Staunton.
This presenter knows nothing about photography. There is no mirror in a 4x5 Graflex Graphic, and the mirror in a reflex camera, which this is not, has nothing to do with the shutter. Also the shutter is a separate mechanism from the aperture.