Here's a lovely article about photographer Alice Austen, commitment to queer relationships, & queer history:
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#AliceAusten #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAplus #queerhistory #hustoryisgay #sapphichistory #photographyhistory #photography #Victorianphotography #commitment
📷 Worlds Apart at #BRLSI explores early #photography in #Bath & #China. See 170-year-old calotypes, historic prints, and objects that bring scenes to life. 🏛️Free exhibition, 28 Mar–26 Sep. www.brlsi.org/whatson/worl... #PhotographyHistory #Bath #BRLSI #ArtAndHistory
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Sitting there, trying to look into the future. Where is photography going? The camera in front of me, the light carefully measured, the moment recorded on film.
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#Selfie #Photography #AnalogPhotography #PhotographyHistory #lassetur
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Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Gladys Coburn photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1917.
#ziegfeldfollies #1910s #early1900s #photographyhistory #oldphotograph
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Gertrude Käsebier, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘳 (1904)
#pictorialism #1900s #edwardian #womanphotographer #photographyhistory
"Lone Star Shadows" uncovers Texas’s abandoned military sites and offers a captivating history through photography.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/35epffyb
#militaryhistory #photographyhistory #lonestarstate
Part of a series of negatives, some half plate glass negatives, some large format film negatives labelled ‘Time and motion studies’ which feature women with wires attached to their hands and arms which record the movements made. These two images are black and white half plate glass negatives ordered from the Kodak Research Laboratory, Harrow by WH Smith on 20th October 1959. British Library, Kodak A3038/20(1-2)
Colour print of a woman in a lab coat and goggles using glass laboratory apparatus. Photograph part of a series used for Kodak's internal newsletters. February 1975. British Library, Kodak A3146/27(8)
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Here are a few highlights from Kodak Research Laboratories in Harrow, documenting innovations led by women in as early as 1891.
#KodakHistory #Harrow #WomenInSTEM #Innovation #PhotographyHistory #HiddenHistories
A MOMENT FROM OUR PAST.
For decades, family photos were taken outdoors because indoor lighting was too weak and the technology didn’t exist yet 📷
Porches, backyards, front steps became studios.
Where did your family take pictures?
#OldPhotos #PhotographyHistory
— ScanMyPhotos.com
"Lone Star Shadows" uncovers Texas’s abandoned military sites and offers a captivating history through photography.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/3tuvw8px
#militaryhistory #photographyhistory #lonestarstate
A vintage photo of a black family, Christmas morning, everyone looks very happy. Mom, dad, three kids, presents under the tree. From Thelma Golden, Aperture Magazine, Summer, 2016: “VanDerZee pictured families, couples, social clubs, and church groups in moments of communal joy and beauty. His subjects were acutely aware of the brutal segregation and economic inequality of the world of that era, yet stood in proud opposition to it-providing a visual framework for imagining a different future. Eighty-three years later, Christmas Morning continues to resonate. The photographs of VanDerZee and his contemporaries comprise a compelling visual document of black pride and self-determination at a particular moment in history, yet in the present moment they remain a potent symbol of the transformative power of photographic representation.”
Today’s art history post features photography history: “Christmas Morning,” 1933, photo by James Van Der Zee (1886-1983), hand painted gelatin silver print more in ALT. #photography #darkroomphotography #vintagephotography #PhotographyHistory #Christmas #blackphotographer #blackhistory
I set up a system to scan some hundred year old glass negatives I found in a local antique store
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#PhotographersUnited #history #photographyhistory #analogphotography #filmphotography #eastcoastkin
"Lone Star Shadows" uncovers Texas’s abandoned military sites and offers a captivating history through photography.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/3tuvw8px
#militaryhistory #photographyhistory #lonestarstate
📸 On 26 October 1972, Edwin H. Land changed photography forever with the first truly ‘instant’ camera — the legendary Polaroid SX-70.
No waiting. No darkroom. Just click, develop, and share!
#OnThisDay #PhotographyHistory #Polaroid #InstantCamera #Innovation
A black & white portrait photo of a woman with her fingers to her face at her cheeks and chin.
This appears to be the original photo image used in the photomontage: by Dora Maar (1907-1997), Portrait of Nusch Éluard, gelatin silver print.Maar was for a time Picasso’s muse and lover. Which was not, (for any of the women in his life), a healthy relationship. #photographyhistory
Text aus einem Fotomagazin über Hasselblad Kameras, der Text lautet "Die Hasselblad ist so gut, dass die NASA sie sogar mit auf den Mond mitgenommen – und ironischerweise auch gleich dort gelassen hat. Nicht, dass die Kameras den Flug zum Erdtrabanten nicht überlebt hätten – die Astronauten ließen die Kameragehäuse samt Objektiven aus Gewichtsgründen dort und brachten stattdessen lieber Gesteinsproben mit zurück auf die Erde. Zwölf modifizierte Hasselblads liegen deshalb auf dem Mond, was natürlich nur ein Bruchteil der mehr als 300.000 Exemplare der C-Serie ist, die über die Jahrzehnte hergestellt wurden."
Wer kein Geld für eine analoge Hasselblad Kamera hat, der muss nur zum Mond fliegen, da liegen noch 12 Stück rum ...
#photography #hasselblad #analogphotography #PhotographyHistory
Camera Man’s Journey: Julian Dimock’s South — a rare look at Black life in the Jim Crow South. Published by University of Georgia Press. $15 — DM to hold. @t8habq | The 8th House, ABQ. Fri–Sat 10–5, Sun 10–3. #BLM #VintageBooks #PhotographyHistory #The8thHouseABQ #HiddenStories #AntiRacismReads
A stray kitten. A photographer. A new way of seeing cats.
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#WalterChandoha
#CatPhotography
#CatArt
#FelineArt
#PhotographyHistory
#CatLovers
#ArtOfCats
#CatCulture
#IconicCats
#PhotoLegend
#CatPortrait
#VisualLanguage
#PhotographicHeritage
“Posed on a residential street in Harlem, New York, this stylish couple is cocooned in signifiers of success: their luxurious automobile, his-and-hers raccoon coats, and serene expressions together create a powerful aura of contentment. Their Cadillac V-16, a top-of-the-line model sold from 1930 to 1940, is the star of the picture. Both expensive and exclusive—only about four thousand were made—each car came with a chassis customized for its owner. The lustrous paint and gleaming chrome of this convertible exemplify the couple’s wealth and security, rarities in the United States during the Great Depression. Van Der Zee was the most successful portrait photographer working in Harlem in the 1920s and ’30s. During that period, known as the Harlem Renaissance, scores of people settled in this Manhattan neighborhood, which served as a center of black culture in the United States. Here they found like-minded cosmopolitan urbanites who wanted to record their material comforts, social allegiances, and significant life events through photography. While many sitters had their pictures taken in Van Der Zee’s well-accessorized studio, other clients requested that the photographer come to their houses, churches, or schools to document weddings, baptisms, sports leagues, and social organizations. The handsome pair captured here looks wholly at home on West 127th Street. From the shimmer of her shoes to the line of light bouncing off his hat brim, every detail of their image exudes polish and prosperity.” Publication excerpt from MoMA Highlights: 375 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2019)
Vintage photograph by James Van Der Zee (1886-1983), “Couple, Harlem,” 1932. Several major museums include a print of this photo in their collection, including the Museum of Modern Art. More in ALT. #vintagephotography #photography #photographyhistory
Explore the geography of documentary photography with Photogrammar – an interactive map of over 170,000 photographs from the FSA-OWI collection (1935–1944).
A powerful tool for visualizing history through data:
https://photogrammar.org/maps
#DigitalHumanities #VisualArchives […]
On this day, we celebrate the birth of Karl Blossfeldt (b. June 13, 1865), a visionary German photographer whose profound close-up studies of plants transformed how we see nature.
#HeadOnPhoto #PhotographyHistory #KarlBlossfeldt #ArtFormsInNature #BotanicalPhotography #CloseUpPhotography #OnThisDay
We mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings with an extraordinary photo taken by Robert Capa who captures the soldiers' perspective.
Discover the story behind the legend. headon.org.au/magazine/rob...
#PhotographyHistory #RobertCapa #DDay #PhotoStory #HeadOnphoto
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#collage #collageart #artcollage #analogcollage #handcut #cutandpaste #papercollage #edwardian #cabinetcard #photocolllage #photographyhistory
Victorian carte-de-visite backing. This design was used for over twenty years from 1861 until 1883. William Nicholls was a subject of much enjoyable research. Lichfield A-Z #history #cdv #lichfield #photographyhistory
In the 1800s, a smile in a photo could damage your reputation.
Today, not smiling gets you labelled "awkward."
Here’s a short history of how the grin became photogenic.
📸😁 #PhotographyHistory #SmilingThroughTheAges
#LafayettePhotography #Smile
For all my Canon Friends out there, and all other photographers take-note.ca/2025/05/19/c... #canon #japanesecamera #photographyhistory #innovation #japan
The burden of circumstance.
#photography #photographyhistory #documentaryphotography #iconicphotographs
Fascinating self-portrait (1947) by Annemarie Heinrich and other photographic treasures presented by Galeria Vasari at the AIPAD show.
So happy to see that NYT included the gallery in its "8 Standouts at the AIPAD Photography Fair"
#annemarieheinrich #galeriavasari #aipadphoto #photographyhistory
