Jan W. Faul, Panoramacist
Now living in Maryland, but born in New
York, photographer Jan W. Faul has traveled
across the United States to portray Civil
War and other battlefields and to trace the
footsteps of his great-great-grandfather who
fought in the Civil War.
Mr. Faul has spend 41 years photographing
battlefields, historic sites, early American
architecture, and the hand of man on America
in more than 100 Civil War locales
stretching from Pennsylvania to New Mexico.
His quest is to preserve our memories of the
landscapes, towns, and homes that were such
a vibrant part of American culture a century
and a half ago.
Mr. Faul has been awarded grants from the
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in
the Arts, James Foundation, Scheide
Foundation and others.
His work is in the collections of the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American
History, the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
at UMBC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hirschhorn
Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and
approximately 30 others. His work is
in more than 100 corporate and private
collections.
In 2011, he was awarded six Bronze Medals in
the Epson International Pano Awards.
