Charles M. Conlon By Hunter Burdno

Birth and Death Charles was born in Albany NY 1868 He died in 1945

How and Why he took Pictures Charles used a graflex camera that used glass plates to print his work His favorite subject to photograph was baseball (especially the Yankees)

How he got started Conlon was a proofreader for the New York Telegram when he started taking pictures as a hobby. Then in the early 1900s he was prompted by an editor to start putting them in the paper

Best known Photos

Conlon's most famous picture: Ty Cobb stealing third, sliding into Jimmy Austin

Babe Ruth

Joe Martina

Walsh's Spitball Grip

Babe Ruth

Walsh's Spitball Grip

Impact on society Charles had a huge impact on photography because he was one of the first sports photographers and he is the most well known from the early 1900s

Personal Reflection I picked Charles M. Conlon because he was one of the best and first sports photographers and a lot of his work brings you back into his time.

Why his pictures are special Colon’s pictures are special because of all the time it took for him to take his pictures and get a good print

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