Winston Link and George Thom with Night Flash Equipment

Pioneer in the field of nighttime photography, Ogle Winston Link (New York, 1914-2001) is known for his photographs of trains using artificial lighting techniques. His career began as a photographer at an advertising agency, but in World War II he was hired by the US Government’s secret services to locate enemy submarines. After the war, he focussed on capturing the last years of steam liner locomotives, soon to be replaced by diesel engines. He took more than 2,400 photographs. Aside from steam locomotives, Link portrayed the workers and families who lived close to the tracks, and even recorded the sound of trains on six vinyl records...[+]