Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady (1822-1895) is considered by some to be the father of photojournalism because of his Civil War photographs. His exhibit "The Dead of Antietam" displayed photographs of corpses and was the first time many people had seen the realities of war in photographs. The images of Lincoln on the 5 dollar bill and the penny are derived from Brady photographs. After the government declined to buy his collection of war photographs, Brady declared bankruptcy, and in 1895 he died a few months after being struck by a streetcar. He is buried here beside his wife, Juliette Handy Brady, in the Handy family plot, where his grave has the simple original stone, a more ornate stone placed by admirers in the last 25 years, and an original stone with an incorrect date.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States