Early photography

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

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Virginia Oldoini was a celebrity of her time. For 40 years she directed the photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson to create her 700 portraits.

Alfred Stieglitz | Spring Showers, 1900/01. Artist: Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946.

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Highlights from two exhibitions showcasing 19th century photographic art by Cameron.

Pictorialism is the name given to an international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the later 19th and early 2...

After the introduction of photography in the 1840s the early Victorians soon recognized the medium’s potential for portraiture. At first onl...

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