O winston link biography of alberta

Critics have said that American photographer Ogle Winston Link had an artist’s eye and an engineer’s mind.

He captured and froze in time the sights, sounds, and remarkable engineering of steam locomotives in their final days.

Young O. Winston Link

As a child, Link’s father, Albert, introduced him to some photo-shooting techniques, which sparked Link’s passion for photography.

The first camera that Link held in his hands was borrowed from a friend, but that didn’t stop him from starting to invent his own new photographic techniques and equipment.

For example, he created his own enlarger, which allowed him to print his photos at home.

In the documentary, Trains That Passed In The Night, Link describes his earliest experiences combining his affection for trains and picture taking:

I must’ve been 14 or 15 when I started taking pictures of trains.

Friends would go over to Communipaw in Jersey City and we’d photograph the trains over there.

– O. O. Winston Link (1914–2001) - Encyclopedia Virginia ROQUX