O. Winston Link

O. Winston Link
Born
Ogle Winston Link

(1914-12-16)December 16, 1914
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 2001(2001-01-30) (aged 86)
Katonah, New York, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1937–1983
Spouses
Vanda Link
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(m. 1942; div. 1950)​
Conchita Link
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(m. 1983; div. 1996)​
ChildrenWinston Conway Link

Ogle Winston Link[1] (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk and Western in the United States in the late 1950s. A commercial photographer, Link helped establish rail photography as a hobby. He also pioneered night photography, producing several well known examples including Hotshot Eastbound, a photograph of a steam train passing a drive-in movie theater,[2] and Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole showing a train crossing a bridge above children bathing.[3]

  1. ^ Link was named after two of his maternal ancestors: the twentieth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Winston Jones and Pennsylvanian Representative Alexander Ogle. Last Steam Railroad p. 132.
  2. ^ This was duplicated in "Dumbbell Indemnity", an episode of The Simpsons (Visual comparison between "Hotshot Eastbound" and The Simpsons scene Archived June 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ O. Winston Link Museum website biography Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 1955-8 . Accessed Oct 20, 2012