Gifford Pinchot's Photographic Aesthetic

Author

Carlie Shaw Magill, The University of Montana

Year of Award

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

Master of Arts (MA)

Other Degree Name/Area of Focus

Art History

Department or School/College

School of Art

Committee Chair

H. Rafael Chacon

Commitee Members

Dan Spencer, Deirdre Shaw, Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, Valerie Hedquist

Keywords

American Conservation Movement, Forest Service, Photography

Abstract

Gifford Pinchot’s aesthetic developed in childhood and combined the pictorial considerations of the Hudson River School with the use philosophy of early landscape architecture and the format of early western survey photographers. Pinchot and photography came of age during the American industrial revolution; at a time when medium and man seemed to encompass both art and science. Gifford Pinchot used photography to ask the questions what is the proper course? what is the appropriate plan of use?

Recommended Citation

Magill, Carlie Shaw, "Gifford Pinchot's Photographic Aesthetic" (2008). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1257.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1257