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This category is for history pertaining to photography, such as history of black and white photography.

Subcategories

• Museums
• Vintage Photographs

Resources in This Category

• Albumen Photographs

  http://albumen.conservation-us.org/
  Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images.

• American Museum of Photography

  http://www.photographymuseum.com/
  Covers daguerreotypes to modernism. Research center features a guide early photo processes, book reviews and information on preserving/protecting valuable photographs.

• 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.

• CameraNaked.com

  http://www.cameranaked.com/
  Famous photographs, and master photographers, that have achieved iconic status as defining moments in history.

• Central Pacific Railroad

  http://cprr.org/
  Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad.

• 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.

• Early Visual Media

  http://www.visual-media.be/
  History of visual Media, photography pre-cinema prestidigitation danse macabre optical illusions.

• Georgian Museum of Photography

  http://www.photomuseum.org.ge/
  Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.

• History of Photography Timeline

  http://photo.net/learn/history/timeline
  A detailed timeline of photography from ancient times to the present.

• How to date an old photograph.

  http://www.datingoldphotos.com/
  A discussion of dating a photograph, daguerreotype, tintype, CDV, or Cabinet photo. Photographic technique has always had changes that reflect the latest in scientific innovation. Culture, whether in hairstyles, clothing or settings, can specifically indicate a date an image was taken.

• Mathew J. Steffens

  http://www.thomasyanul.com/steffens1.html
  Article and photographs of Commodore Steffens, one of Chicago's foremost society photographer from 1872 to the 1910's.

• Midley History of Photography

  http://www.midley.co.uk/
  Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama.

• Photo Revue

  http://www.photorevue.com/
  All about Czech and Slovak photography, history, theory, reviews, profiles.

• Pinhole Photography

  http://www.photo.net/photo/pinhole/pinhole
  History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details.

• 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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