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George Edward Anderson

1. George Edward Anderson was born on October 28th in 1860 and lived until May 9th 1928. He was an early American photographer and became know for his pictures of early. He was born in Utah in a city called Salt lake City. When he was only 17 he founded a photography studio with his brothers in his hometown. Anderson was a portrait photographer. His studio portrait peices told stories about railway and mining history. He did lots of portraits of famous Churches. Even though Anderson was a great photographer he was only really recongnized in the past 30 years for how great he really is. Anderson went on a mission between 1909- 191, his mission was called the LSD Church mission and this took place in England. The Deseret Sunday School Union of the Church published some of the views. Anderson made a booklet of them and called it The Birth of Mormonism in Picture.

2. George Edward Anderson influenced people about the importance of Churches, and even though he had to leave his family during the time he was making portraits he followed his dreams and changed people. He believed that important times in history could be told in a form of a picture, it could inspire people to change their ways, appriciate thing they never would have thought about, and it can make people aware of what was going on.

3.Anderson was a portrait photographer. He documented lots of pieces of families in Utah. He documented the history of railways and mining, and the mining Scofeild mining Disaster. He is most famous for the portraits of Churches and their stories. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples, was a great piece that Anderson documented. Anderson believed that churches were a important piece in LSD history.He photographed churches while traveling across England and began LDS Church mission in England from 1909-1911.

4. The design element in this photo is depth, the mountains have layers and pull one into the back of the photo.This is a good representation Anderson's work because this is a photo of the railways and he documented them. The light is natural and from the sun therefore they're are shadows which make the picture more interesting.

the design element in this photo is direction the stream pulls you in. This doesn't represent Anderson's work as much as the railway but this photo jumped out at me. The sky is lighter in the distance which in interesting because there are a lot of shadows around the stream.

The design principle here is the "S" factor. The railway is in a S shape so it makes ones eyes follow it. The light is clearly very bright witch brightens up the picture. This is a great representation of Anderson's work because it is about railways.

The design principle here is direction. This is in Utah, therefore a good representation of Anderson's work. The lighting here is very dark, which makes the picture darker and makes people think. The design principle is direction, the people and the table pull you into the back of the photo. The light seems bright even though it is a black and white photo, it is clearly natural. This is a great representation of Anderson's work because he took portraits of family, and this is one big family!!

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