GENIUS in photography often means a knack for being in the right place at the right time. For the commercial photographer and train buff O. Winston Link (1914-2001), that was Staunton, Va., in 1955. Having traveled there on assignment from his home in New York to photograph window air-conditioners for Westinghouse, he took a side trip to nearby Waynesboro, a stop on the last large steam-powered railroad in America, the Norfolk & Western. Over the next five years, until the railroad completed its conversion to diesel-powered engines, Link made more than 20 trips to Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, producing more than 2,400 images of Norfolk & Western trains, stations and related sites.

 

Taken from the Ken Johnson article that Coleman Gutshall brought to our attention here at O. Winston Link.

 

We, at the Link Museum, are thrilled to have just become a part of flickr. We look forward to using this network to keep Link fans around the world updated about what's going on his museum. Please add us as a contact if you love his work, or if you would like to learn more about him and his gigantic talent.

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Wes Stone says:

The O. Winston Link Museum is fabulous! Not only does it showcase one of the truly great industrial/commercial photgraphers of the 20th century, but exposes Link to the world as a technical innovator, a master craftsman and, above all, an artist of rare talent and feeling. For photographers, the museum is not to be mis… Read more

The O. Winston Link Museum is fabulous! Not only does it showcase one of the truly great industrial/commercial photgraphers of the 20th century, but exposes Link to the world as a technical innovator, a master craftsman and, above all, an artist of rare talent and feeling. For photographers, the museum is not to be missed!

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March 27, 2008