Who made the first photographs of the American West?
Solomon Nunes Carvalho was an American artist, photographer, and explorer. He was a Sephardic Jew. Born in 1815 in Charleston, South Carolina, Solomon became known for his skills in painting and daguerreotype photography. (Daguerreotype is the earliest form of photography. It makes a direct-positive image on a silver-coated plate.) In 1853, Carvalho joined a famous…