O. Winston Link
O. Winston Link
Ogle Winston Link, known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer. He is best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk & 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,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth16 December 1914
CountryUnited States of America
I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.
You can't move the sun, and you can't even move the tracks, so you have to do something else to better light the engines.
Winston, I don't know what I want, but I want you to go out and get it. When I see it, I'll know if it's what I thought I wanted. (Quoting a photography client.)
You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.