John Moran (photographer)
John Moran | |
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Photograph and signature of John Moran | |
| Born | February 1831 Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England |
| Died | February 19, 1902 (aged 70–71) |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, artist |
John Moran (February 1831 – February 19, 1902) was a pioneering American photographer and artist. Moran was a prominent landscape, architectural, astronomical and expedition photographer whose career began in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area during the 1860s.
A brother of the painters Thomas, Edward and Peter Moran, Moran was a member of a network of Philadelphia-based artists, historians, and scientists who recognized photography as a fine art in the years before the American Civil War.