▁Br ady ▁photograph ed : ▁Jefferson ▁Davis , ▁P . ▁G . ▁T . ▁Be a ure g ard , ▁Stone wall ▁Jackson , ▁Albert ▁Pi ke , ▁James ▁Long street , ▁James ▁Henry ▁Hamm ond , ▁and ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Lee . ▁Br ady ▁also ▁photograph ed ▁Lord ▁Ly ons , ▁the ▁British ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Washington ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁ ▁Ph oto j ournal ism ▁and ▁hon ors ▁Br ady ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁being ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁photo j ournal ism . ▁He ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁considered ▁a ▁pione er ▁in ▁the ▁orch estr ation ▁of ▁a ▁" cor por ate ▁credit ▁line ." ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁practice , ▁every ▁image ▁produced ▁in ▁his ▁gallery ▁was ▁l abeled ▁" Photo ▁by ▁Br ady "; ▁however , ▁Br ady ▁de alt ▁directly ▁with ▁only ▁the ▁most ▁distinguished ▁subjects ▁and ▁most ▁portrait ▁sessions ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁others . ▁ ▁As ▁perhaps ▁the ▁best - known ▁US ▁photograph er ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁it ▁was ▁Br ady ' s ▁name ▁that ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁era ' s ▁heavy ▁special ized ▁end ▁tables ▁which ▁were ▁factory - made ▁specifically ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁portrait ▁photograph ers . ▁Such ▁a ▁" B rad y ▁stand " ▁of ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁century ▁typically ▁had ▁a ▁weight y ▁cast ▁iron ▁base ▁for ▁stability , ▁plus ▁an ▁adjust able - height ▁single - column ▁pipe ▁leg ▁for ▁dual ▁use ▁as ▁either ▁a ▁portrait ▁model ' s