Top : Reference : History
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Photographer Nicephore Niepce http://www.niepce.com/home-us.html Dedicated to the History of Photography from its origins by French scientist and inventor Nicephore Niepce. Niepce discovered the process known as Heliography. |
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Photica Project http://www.cwriley.com/photica/index.htm Contains information and articles on historical photographers and groups. |
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City-Gallery.com http://www.city-gallery.com/ Information on photography, family photographs and images, and genealogy. Focus is on 19th century photography. |
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Arab Foundation for the Image http://www.fai.org.lb/ A non-profit association that collaborates with Elysée Foundation in Lausanne to promote photography in the Middle East and the North Africa by locating, collecting and preserving the photographic heritage of that region. |
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Central Pacific Railroad http://CPRR.org Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad. |
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Women in Photography Archive http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/index.htm Focuses on the role of women in photography. Includes essays on women photographers and an online gallery. |
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Midley History of Photography http://www.midleykent.fsnet.co.uk Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama. |
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A History of Photography http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/ Contains an extensive history, from earliest times to the 1920s. Includes information on all significant photographers with biographical data. |
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Georgian Museum of Photography http://www.photomuseum.org.ge Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments. |
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Photographs: The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=19 Images, history, and technical information about their extensive collection of photographs. |
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Collodions and Clopinettes http://www.marillier.nom.fr/collodions/indexUk.html Articles by Pierre G. Harmant, Paul Marillier, R. Derek Wood, and Jacques Roquencourt on Niépce, Daguerre, and other pioneer photographers. |
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Albumen Photographs http://albumen.stanford.edu/ Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images. |
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Chronophotographical Projections http://web.inter.nl.net/users/anima/chronoph/index.htm The history of chronophotography and photographers is located here. |
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Magic Lanterns http://www.magiclantern14.btinternet.co.uk/ Description of the medium plus information on optical systems, components, lanterns types and slide identification. |
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Pinhole Photography http://www.photo.net/photo/pinhole/pinhole History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details. |
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Tintypes and Daguerreotypes http://www.maine.com/photos/tintypes.htm Article defines what tintypes and daguerreotypes are, the history of the processes, the sizes they came in, and the years they were popular. |
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History of Photography Timeline http://www.photo.net/history/timeline A detailed timeline of photography from ancient times to the present. |
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Painting and Photography http://art-photography.netfirms.com Some notes on the history of photography, mostly concerning the relationship between painting and photography. |
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Photo Revue http://www.photorevue.com All about Czech and Slovak photography, history, theory, reviews, profiles. |
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Photography in the 1840s - About Photography http://www.photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa061702a.htm Comparing the Calotype and the Daguerreotype, the first Welsh photograph, Irish pioneers, and French advances in the art of photography. |
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Latin American Photography 1840-1920. M & M Cuarterolo's Collection http://www.geocities.com/alloni1/home Large selection of early images of Argentina and other Latin American countries and information on the photographers active in the region between 1840 and 1920. |
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The Big Six Portrait Photographers http://hometown.aol.com/yanult/baroque.html Monographs on six professional portrait photographers from the turn-of-the-century. |
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Finding Photographers http://www.FindingPhotographers.com A worldwide index of the books and websites that list photographers and when they worked. |
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About Photography: Nudes 1920-1940 http://www.photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa040300a.htm Consists of on the history of nude photography from 1920 to 1940, emphasizing the roles of the famous master photographers. No images. |
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Lafayette Negative Archive http://lafayette.150m.com/ Catalogue of vintage photographs made by the Lafayette studio of London, containing images made between 1887 and the 1930s, categorized by subject. Has explanatory articles. |
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Historic Photo Archive http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f2/kodachrome.html Kodachrome dating guide for vintage slides. |
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Index of UK photographers up to c1950 http://www.users.waitrose.com/~rodliffe/ Indexes and links for UK photographers, county by county, for the 19th and early 20th century. |
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The Magic Mirror of Life: An Appreciation of the Camera Obscura http://brightbytes.com/cosite/cohome.html Many facets of the camera obscura (dark room); the origin of the photographic camera, its place in art, culture and education,vintage instruments,images, photographs, and working camera obscuras are included. |
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Anima http://web.inter.nl.net/users/anima/ Articles and GIF and Flash animations relating to optical toys, chronophotography (Muybridge, Marey, and others), and pre-cinematography of the 19th century. |
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Early Visual Media http://www.visual-media.be/ History of visual Media, photography pre-cinema prestidigitation danse macabre optical illusions. |
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Cuarterolo Archive http://archivocuarterolo.8m.com The Cuarterolo archive is an image bank focused on 19th century Argentine and Latin American photography that houses over 5000 historic photographs. |
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Mathew J. Steffens http://members.aol.com/tyanult/steffens1.html Steffens was THE photographer to Chicago's first "Gold Coast" residents...the richest of the rich. Commodore Steffens, as he was known because of his steam yachting and yacht club presidency, was one of Chicago's foremost soci |
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Bosse, Henry Peter: Photographs of the Mississippi River http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/bosse_index.html Collection of Bosse's photographs of the Mississippi (1883-1892) with an essay by Michael Conner who rediscovered his photographs in the 1980s. |
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American Museum of Photography http://www.photography-museum.com/ Covers daguerreotypes to modernism. Research center features a guide early photo processes, book reviews and information on preserving/protecting valuable photographs. |
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Cut & Paste - A History Of Photomontage http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davepalmer/cutandpaste/ Covering the artists involved in photomontage in the Berlin Dada movement, 1980s politics, and the present day. |
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The Weston Exposure Meter Site http://www.diaxa.com/weston/ Site dedicated to the Weston Exposure Meter from the earliest days to the Euromaster 3. Includes Photos, information and instruction books, and history of the company and its founder. |