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Midley search on History of Photography
http://search39.midley.co.uk/
The Midley search on history of photography is a customised search engine, designed by the creator of the Midley history of early photography website. The resource takes the form of a search engine which searches 39 selected websites, which have been judged by R. Derek Wood to be the most relevant to research on the history of photography. By being selective in this way, it is hoped that searches will be more effective and relevant, and a full listing of the 39 selected websites is available on the site. It is also possible to search just the website 'Midley history of early photography'. On the site search plugins are made available. This resource requires an OpenSearch plugin enabled browser such as Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2. Please note that this website is due to close down in early 2010.
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PhotoHistorians : a directory of people engaged in research in the history of photography
http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/photohistorians/
PhotoHistorians is a simple website that acts as a worldwide clearing house by which scholars can notify others of their research interests in the history of photography. It is run by William Allen of Arkansas State University. The author stresses that the service and website is not a listserv or discussion forum. The project was begun in 1987 as an annual printed document, entitled the International Directory of Photography Historians. It then moved onto the Internet in 1997. It is possible to download the PhotoHistorians directory database as an ASP document. The database can be searched online by term or name.
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Scottish society for the history of photography
http://www.sshop.arts.gla.ac.uk/
The website of the Scottish Society for the History of Photography (SSHoP) contains information about Scottish photographers from the 1840s to the present day. There are three short texts that give a brief but reliable overview of the photography of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries as it happened in Scotland. There are details of the David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson bicentenary celebrations in 2002, and the pages for this event feature the full-text of an extensive 'Bibliography of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson' (2002). There are also details of the Heritage Lottery-funded 'D.O. Hill Correspondence Project', and a search interface that allows visitors to search the full-text of the 'D.O. Hill Correspondence Database' containing copies of the letters of this famous early photographer. The SSHoP website also contains all the details one would expect to find on the website of a major historical society, including details of lectures, events, and publications such as the SSHoP annual journal 'Studies in Photography'.
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History of photography : from its beginnings till the 1920s
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/index.html
Written by Dr. Robert Leggat, this website covers the first eighty years of the history of photography. It is intended to be used for general interest as well as a starting point for students preparing for courses which may include some elements of the study of the history of photography. There is an A-Z list of significant people in the early history of photography and a section on processes, styles and movements in photography. Other parts of the website include a bibliography, museums of interest and information about how photography began. Robert Leggat, author, teacher of photography and examiner for qualifications in photography, has been a member of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) since the 1970s and there is a section on the website in which the work of the RPS is explored.
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Midley history of early photography
http://www.midley.co.uk/
This is a collection of published and unpublished essays by R. Derek Wood on the early history of photography. In particular, Wood's interest is in the early pioneers of photography, with a focus on dioramas and early experiments between 1830 and 1850 often ignored by the historic emphasis on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot and Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre. The site has a large archive of articles and correspondence in html and PDF formats, and offers some original research derived from primary sources. It includes detailed bibliographies and provides a useful introduction to a sparsely studied area of photographic history. Please note that this website is due to close down in early 2010.
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Photography criticism cyberarchive
http://photocriticism.com/
Created by photography critic A.D. Coleman and edited by Jasmine Gartner, this subscription-based archive provides online access to "multiple texts by a diversity of authors in the fields of history, criticism, and theory of photography from the medium's inception through the present day." The website appears to contain the whole of Coleman's work, including such books as Coleman's groundbreaking 'The Grotesque in Photography' (1977). The website reports that "dozens of texts are added to this CyberArchive on a quarterly basis". The archive can be searched by keyword without subscription, which will give potential users some idea of the likely worth of a subscription.
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PhotoLondon
http://www.photolondon.org.uk/
The Photo London website was created to highlight and promote the collections of modern and historic photographs of London housed in London's libraries, archives and museums. The website also provides background information on the history of photography in London. The original five collections were: Guildhall Library, Museum of London, London Metropolitan Archives, Westminster City Archives and National Monuments Record. There are links to each of these photographic collections and image databases. However, there are now many more associate members, each of which has a link to an information page, providing address and contact details, with some background information. The website also includes a photo gallery with thumbnail images, which can be browsed and a bibliography of related book titles. Additionally, there is a links page of related sites and a directory of London photographers 1841-1908, which was first published in print format in 1986. A photo essay by Mike Seaborne explains the history of photography in London, from the earliest developments up to the emergence of digital technologies. There is a also a bibliography, links to the main public collections and the results of a survey conducted in June 2001 into the holdings of photographic collections and the issues faced by curators. The lack of quantity is compensated for by the quality of the images, such as John Thompson's "haunting" The Crawlers, which documents the squalor of Victorian London, and Cyril Arapoff's beachside view of Tower Bridge in the 1930s.
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Thomas and John R. Connon, a photographic legacy
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/connon/
Published by the Archives of Ontario, the Thomas and John R. Connon website charts the careers of father and son, Thomas and John R. Connon, who were innovative panoramic photographers, working in Elora, Ontario, Canada, at the turn of the twentieth century. The website traces the development of their cycloramic panoramic camera, which was first patented in 1887, as well as other experimental photographic processes. The site is simply laid out as an overview with a series of links to further information. Definitions are given of the processes favoured by the Connon partnership, including collodion, gelatin glass negatives, tintypes, early gelatin prints and lantern slides. Also available are: individual biographies of the father and son team; an explanation of the panoramic camera; a collection of panoramic images (which may be viewed in high resolution); an explanation of stereo photography; John Connon's images of life in Elora, a collection of portrait photographs; and a list of sources and resources for further research. This is an attractive site with many primary source images, and useful accessible information on techniques and processes. It is likely to offer interest to researchers in the history of photography at all levels. The site may also be accessed in French.
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Photoresearcher
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/department/bildwissenschaft/partnerlinks/eshph/097
'Photoresearcher: publication of the European Society for the History of Photography' is a scholarly full-text ejournal. Issues are in English. At March 2009 there are 10 issues online, freely available for download in PDF format. As an example of the range of contents, issue 10 (Sept 2007) contains articles on: Wolf Suschitzky; Emanuel von Friedrichsthal; Sarah Choate Sears; 19th century Iranian portrait photography; and the socialist 'purification' of the Czech history of photography. The magazine is professionaly presented, with a colour cover and interior black and white photographs. Pictures are displayed clearly at a reasonably large size, and are presented without watermarks. The most recent issue is available only in paper form, and thereafter is placed online. At a time when the history of photography is seriously undervalued and neglected in most universities, Photoresearcher is a most valuable addition to the range of ejournals in art history.
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Street and studio : an urban history of photography
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetandstudio/
The Tate Gallery website has provided this online resource which accompanied their exhibition 'Street and Studio: an urban history of photography', which ran from 22 May to 31 August 2008. This resource features some of the 350 works that were exhibited to illustrate the history of photographic portraiture comparing those images taken in the studio to those set outside in the street. Set out in 11 'rooms' this resource features images from the late 19th century through to the 20th century. Although the link to additional images is no longer active, links are provided, under 'resources', to additional works in the Tate's collection by artists such as Martin Parr, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans and Gillian Wearing. The 100 winning entries from the public for a publication are featured under 'Your Photos' via Flickr.
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John Stathatos
http://www.stathatos.net/pages/english.html
The homepage of John Stathatos contains free full-text copies of his significant essays on photography, including: 'A Vindication of Tlon: Photography and the Fantastic'; 'A Conditional Presence: Women Landscape Photographers in Europe'; 'Fleeting Arcadias: Thirty years of British landscape photography'; and an appreciation of British/Hungarian photographer Mari Mahr. There are also two essays on Ian Hamilton Finlay's famous Little Sparta garden in Scotland, with eight photographs made by Stathatos at the garden from 1981 to 1997. There are translations of modern Greek poets such as Seferis. Parts of this website are also available in Greek. This site would interest art students as well as those studying Greek literature in translation.
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Documentary photography : Jacob Riis
http://www.vads.ac.uk/resources/JRCAL.html
This is a Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) program to teach the analysis of documentary photography, using the work of Jacob Riis (1849 - 1914), the American photographer, as an example. Its creation was funded by HEFCE and the CAL Group at the University of Nottingham and it is published on the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) website. It is free to install, although VADS have to be contacted for a serial number, without which installation will not be possible; the contact details are on the website. Once installed, the program uses images, text and hyperlinked glossaries, leading the user through the process of analysing documentary photography from first principles, using Riis' work as an example. Riis is best known for his depiction of urban poverty among the tenements of New York City. The users' interpretation is then compared to that of the lecturer. The program can be used as a self-study aid or within a classroom context.
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Photo12
http://www.photo12.com/
The Photo12 website is an online European cultural history resource and image database, based in Paris. As of June 2009, the resource offers some 400,000 images online, and ten million offline, in the subject areas of European and military history, archaeology, fine arts, cinema, photography and religion. There is an option to email the service to request searching of the offline collections should online searching fail to retrieve the desired images. Registration is free of charge and enables enlargement of images with complete captions, plus printing of low resolution images. Payment is required for high resolution images. Searching is by keyword and format. Also included on the website is the option to sign up for a newsletter, and an online form for submission of photographs, aimed at photographers and collectors. A French version of the website is also available.
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British Museum images
http://www.bmimages.com/
The British Museum Image bank is a searchable database of images which represent the best of the many thousands of images held by the museum's many departments. Although not comprehensive, new images are added regularly and tend to reflect the latest exhibitions being held at the British Museum, new photography of existing collections, and newly digitised images. The images can be searched using the box found on every page or browsed according to predefined groups found in the drop down menu. Once an image has been selected then it can be viewed along with a detailed description of its history, the department it is located in and its reference number. Images can also be added to a 'lightbox' which is effectively a folder for organising your images. Any number of lightboxes can be created by a user and can be renamed, copied, deleted, viewed, emailed, or printed. This site is easy to navigate round and will be of use to anyone who wishes to obtain images to use in the higher education sector.
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[Jerwood photography project at the British Library]
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/photographicproject/index.html
The British Library possesses a unique collection of photographs from the second half of the 19th century, which is a "visual archive of major documentary and artistic importance". It also contains "major collections of early texts, patents and other technical documentation relating to the history of photography." However, much of the library's photographic collections are uncatalogued. Therefore, in a three-year project, funded by the Jerwood Charity, it is intended to catalogue the Library's photographic collections and make them available to scholars, photographic historians and other researchers, through an integrated catalogue. The website includes some information about the project and images from the collections, which have been organised into the following sections on photographic processes; the world in focus; exploration and archaeology; image of war; making the modern world; and in the public eye.
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Ars Libri Ltd : rare and scholarly books on the fine arts
http://www.arslibri.com/
Ars Libri is a bookseller based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, that maintains 'the largest stock in America of rare and out-of-print books on art'. It covers all periods and all fields of art history, from antiquity to the present, including architecture, archaeology, photography, and the decorative arts. As well as books, Ars Libri also offers exhibition catalogues and art periodicals, in all languages. The online database of publications can be searched by artist, author, title, series, or subject. The website also includes: information about ordering; lists of publications for sale; information about the collaborative venture between Ars Libri and the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts Boston) bookstore; and contact details.
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International Center of Photography
http://www.icp.org/
Established in New York over thirty years ago, the International Center of Photography (ICP) functions as a museum and school dedicated exclusively to photography. Previously known as the International Fund for Concerned Photography, the organisation's exhibitions reflect the full spectrum of photography from documentary photojournalism to fashion portraits. The website provides information on ICP's history and mission, events, educational courses, and exhibitions held at the museum. In addition, the Resources page contains information on photography tips, industry resources, jobs, and a comprehensive links of external links covering funding, competitions, forums, photography organisations and legal information.
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Photomuse
http://www.photomuse.org/
Photomuse describes itself as a "resource for scholarship in the history of photography". The result of an alliance between George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film and the International Center of Photography, Photomuse aims to provide online access to the collections and resources of the two organisations. The website contains four sections: the 'About' section contains background information on the project, and 'Search' provides a simple and advanced search of the database, with fields such as description, title and dates. The 'Chronology' section provides a detailed chronology of photographic history, dating from 1830 to the present, with cross-referenced timelines of politics and culture, and the 'Exhibitions' section provides details of a selection of photographic exhibitions organised by George Eastman House and the International Center of Photography.
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Luminous-lint : for collectors and connoisseurs of fine photography
http://www.luminous-lint.com/
Luminous Lint is a large website that is effectively an online visual encylopaedia of historic photography. It contains about 150 online exhibitions of historic photography, and these are organised by theme or by photographer. Images are usually of a medium size. There is a comprehensive A-Z links directory of photography galleries and dealers, mixing contemporary galleries and centres with commercial dealers and auction houses. There is a well-illustrated and detailed timeline of the history of photography, and a listing of photography techniques from Albumen Prints to Woodburytypes. The Luminous Lint website is deeply hyperlinked and cross-referenced, and is actively updated. The project is supported by Amazon affliliate side-bar advertising.
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Beaford archive
http://www.beaford-archive.org.uk/
The Beaford Archive is a unique photographic archive of international importance, showing farming and rural life in a small area of North Devon. James Ravilious (1939-1999), son of the neo-romantic artist Eric Ravilious, made documentary photography with a Leica M3 camera in a ten square-mile patch of north Devon, and over 17 years made a unique archive of over 80,000 photographs (the 'New Archive'). He also saved 5,000 early photographs of North Devon (the 'Old Archive'). The Archive website has a short history of the archive, a small gallery of 12 images shown at a reasonable size and without watermarks, and contact details. Non-vintage prints may be ordered at a reasonable price. The website offers a free sample PDF extract of the 120-page monograph on Ravilious, 'An English Eye'.
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Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society, 1870-1915
http://erps.dmu.ac.uk/
'Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society, 1870-1915' is a free online research database containing "the annual exhibition catalogues of the Photographic Society, London". There are said to be 45,000 detailed records on the website, including details of exhibits and exhibitors, judges, and members. There are photographic copies of the actual catalogue pages, browsable by year from 1870 to 1915. All pictures, and some contemporary illustrations, published in the annual 'Photograms of the Year' publication have also been reproduced on the website. The website has a variety of search methods, and the ability to refine and to export specific searches. It is possible to browse the illustrations, using thumbnail images; this can be done by going to the main 'Exhibitions' menu tab and then clicking on the 'Pictures' link placed next to each year. Such images are available in large size and without watermarks, and are scanned from the printed pages rather than the original photographic prints - therefore, showing the illustrations as they appeared in the catalogues at the time. This online resource would also be a useful website for those interested in advertisements and the history of technical matters concerned with photography, since in later years there are illustrated adverts in the catalogues.
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Shades of light : photography and Australia 1839-1988
http://photo-web.com.au/ShadesofLight/default.htm
This Web page gives access to a free ebook version of the book 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988'. The original 218-page book was written by Gael Newton, and was published in 1988 by the Australian National Gallery. The online version is divided into chapters, covering the history of photography in Australia. These short chapters are not illustrated, despite much of the material under discussion being in the public domain due to its age. There is also one chapter missing from the original printed version. This is the final chapter: '14: Contemporary Photographic Practices' which was written by Helen Ennis. This version of the book, despite its online limitations, will be of interest to those seeking a reliable overview of the history of photography in Australia.
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American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/
Established on the World Wide Web in May 1996, as 'Photography's beginnings: a visual history', The American Museum of Photography is a virtual museum, located only on the Internet. It is dedicated to educating and informing the general public of the power of photography and sharing photographs with Internet users worldwide. The exhibitions are drawn from the Museum's collection, which was started by William B. Becker in the 1960's. The collection includes several thousand individual images, chosen for their visual impact and content, which range from early photography to Ansel Adams. The user can take a guided tour of the museum or click on individual current exhibitions, which are displayed on the front page. Each thumbnail image can be enlarged and includes background information about the photograph. The website also includes an online research centre, which has an information section on early photographic processes and links to selected websites.
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AnamorFose
http://www.anamorfose.be/
Set up by Xavier Debeerst in Kortrijk, Belgium, the AnamorFose Photo Gallery specialises in dealing with art photography from 1850 to 1950, focussing on Belgian and European photography. The Gallery also represents some contemporary photographers and sells photography books. Each month the Gallery presents a thematic exhibition, which displays part of the collection and which is shown on the website. Included is a 'photographers' section, which displays the work of all the featured artists and a 'portal', which includes a guest book and a directory of website links, relating to the history of photography and other photography websites.
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Media history project
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/
Part of the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts' website, the Media History Project promotes the study of media history. Sub-titled "promoting the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels", it contains a media time line, ranging from the prehistoric to the present day, articles and quizzes for media studies students. The articles explore the way technology; politics; economics; cultural and moral change; and institutions have contributed to the development of the media throughout its history. Subjects include printing and publishing; journalism; photography; advertising and comics; telegraphy, telephony and sound recording; radio, film, television and computing.
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