Education
Civil War photographer Mathew Brady was Handy"s uncle by marriage, and Handy was apprenticed to him at age twelve.
Civil War photographer Mathew Brady was Handy"s uncle by marriage, and Handy was apprenticed to him at age twelve.
After a few years of working in Brady"s studio, he was a skilled camera operator. Later, Handy became an independent photographer in Washington, District of Columbia Handy shot individual portraits, and provided photographic and photoduplication services for United States Federal agencies. Between 1880 and 1896, he documented the construction of the Library of Congress"s Thomas Jefferson Building.
Following his uncle"s death in 1896, Handy acquired Mathew Brady"s remaining files of photographs.