This man was born in Scotland and moved to the United States as an adult. Much of his work is attributed to a more famous counterpart, but it is known he was the last one to photograph a certain president. Who is he, who was his counterpart, and who was the president?

lanfranco

That would be Alexander Gardner, whose work has been misattributed to Matthew Brady. He took a last photograph of Abraham Lincoln: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gardner_(photographer) Aug 26 06, 5:48 PM

smartie806

Yes! His split from Matthew Brady was due to Brady's taking credit for all his employee's work. He also took photos of the conspirators in Lincoln's assassination. Aug 26 06, 5:58 PM

lanfranco

Actually, smartie, the Lewis Powell/Payne photographs are extremely well known among historians of photography and other art historians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Powell_%28assassin%29 Aug 26 06, 6:14 PM

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