An Artist
Henry Peter Bosse was a prescient photographer in that he foresaw and adhered to aesthetic values which have come to define the work of German photo-journalists around the world. Straight forward composition and a concern for the efforts of man characterize Bosse's photographic point-of-view, as it would come to be the basis of foto-reportage. Bosse took great care when making his presentation albums. He foresaw the need for color: the intense moody blues of his refined cyanotypes reflect this concern. His cyanotypes were exposed with large glass plates and printed on the finest French cyanotype paper, each sheet off-white measuring 14.5" x 17.2" and bearing the watermark Johannot et Cie. Annonay, aloe's satin. The albums are leather bound. Beyond technique, in his appreciation for railroad bridges and structural steel, Bosse stood at the forefront of German appreciation for photographic look books concerned with the hand of man, modern architecture and urban design.
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From the Bluffs at Fountain City, Wis. looking upstream, 1885; cyanotype #82 from Mackenzie album
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Front St., Davenport, Ia during High water 1888; cyanotype #117 from Mackenzie album
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Wagon Bridge at Fulton, Ill., 1889; cyanotype #198 from Mackenzie album
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Iowa Central R'y Bridge at Keithsburg, Ill., 1889: cyanotype #204 from Mackenzie album
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Wagon Bridge at Winona, Minn., 1892; cyanotype # 210 from Mackenzie album
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C.M. and St Paul RR Bridge Hastings 1885
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