Mathew Brady was borne Mathew Brady was the father of modern photojournalism, and most especially, the first photographer to undertake documentation of the U.S. Civil War. Pennsylvania 31st Infantry Camp (photo by Mathew Brady Studio) from Library of Congress Historian and filmmaker Ken Burns has said that his documentary "The Civil War" could not have been made were it not for Brady's amazing photographs. Encampment at Brandy Station, Virginia. Generals George Meade, John Sedgwick, and Robert O. Tyler with Staff Officers. February 1864. Library of Congress Collection. Brady was said to be Abraham Lincoln's favorite photographer and took photos of the Lincoln family, as well as photos of the execution of those complicit in Lincoln's assassination. The four condemned conspirators in the Lincoln Assassination await death on the gallows. July 7, 1865. Library of Congress Collection Towards the end of his life, Brady said of his photographs, "No