Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

Carleton Watkins was born on November 11, 1829 and died on June 23, 1916. He was born in Oneonta, New York. For education he did receive any college education, he went to basic school in the  1800's. For his work, Watkins began to work in a portrait studio and then began to take his own photos and branched out his own photography business. He was famous for his series of photographs and historic views of Yosemite Valley which helped influence congress decisions to make Yosemite Valley a national park.