David Rodocker

	David Rodocker David Rodocker (October 13, 1840 – July 29, 1919) was an American photographer active in Champaign, Illinois in the 1860s, Winfield, Kansas, 1871–1919, and traveling through Black Hills, 1877. Early years Born in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1840, David Rodocker opened his first photography studio in Champaign, Illinois. He moved to Winfield, Kansas, in late 1870 where he opened a studio by the following year. Black Hills visit In January 1877, Rodocker sold his Winfield studio and took his camera on the road to the Black Hills, spending the summer producing views of the mines and mining towns. He departed the Black Hills in October 1877, apparently heading south and passing through the Red Cloud Agency in northwestern Nebraska where he produced several additional photographs. He arrived about a month after the death of Crazy Horse so he could not have produced a portrait of the famed Oglala Sioux war leader. Later years Rodocker traveled to Chicago where he purchased new equipm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Photographers From Kansas A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other arts, the definitions of amateur and professional are not entirely categorical. An '' amateur photographer'' takes snapshots for pleasure to remember events, places or friends with no intention of selling the images to others. A ''professional photographer'' is likely to take photographs for a session and image purchase fee, by salary or through the display, resale or use of those photographs. A professional photographer may be an employee, for example of a newspaper, or may contract to cover a particular planned event such as a wedding or graduation, or to illustrate an advertisement. Others, like fine art photographers, are freelancers, first making an image and then licensing or making printed copies of it for sale or display. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]