History of Photography
History of Photography – Exploring the cultural impact, technical milestones, and the historical archives that shaped the way we see and record the world.
Faked photos for Soviet propaganda
During the era of Stalinist Russia, it was a common practice to revise Soviet history by expunging inconvenient individuals, frequently men and women who...
NASA’s Famous Blue Marble Photo Is 50 Years Old
The Blue Marble photograph, made by NASA’s Apollo 17 astronauts on December 7, 1972, is one of the most published photographs on Earth. The last manned...
Robert Capa, a prolific & great war photographer
Robert Capa, one of the most prolific and greatest war photographers, died on 25 May 1954 in Indochina after stepping on a land mine...
Life Magazine’s Innovative Photography at MFA Boston
MFA Boston Presents Unprecedented Exhibition Exploring Life Magazine’s Innovative Use of Photography On view October 9, 2022–January 16, 2023. Photo captions: 1. Normandy Invasion on D‐Day, Soldier Advancing through...
Glossary of photography terms for auction & collectors – with examples.
FEATURE Series: Collecting Old, Antique and Vintage Photography Albumen print Prints made on a paper coated with an egg white and salt solution, then sensitized with...
FEATURE: Collecting Old & Vintage Photographs
The invention of photography in the 1830s opened up new vistas, a new way of seeing that has forever changed the way we view...
Wire service photography ripping yarns …
Stories from a Wire Service Picture Desk. In the days before digital photography, news photographers used film and telephone lines to send their photos back to the newspaper ...