Carleton Watkins

"[A] fascinating and indispensable book. " —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2018— The Guardian   Gold Medal for Contribution to Publishing, 2019 California Book Awards Carleton Watkins (1829–1916) is widely considered the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of his era. He is best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias.   Watkins made his fi