William Bell

Biography: 19th Century Landscape photographer William Bell

Biography: 19th Century Landscape photographer William Bell

William H. Bell (1830 – 1910) was an English-born American photographer known for his photographs of western landscapes taken as part of the Wheeler expedition in 1872. In his later years, he wrote articles on the dry plate process and other techniques for various photography journals. His career spanning six decades, Bell worked in nearly every major early photographic process,…