Antiques shops sometimes sell them as "instant relatives," although why anyone would want more relatives is hard to fathom. The old photographs, however -- that's another story. It's easy to ...

This image, taken by an unknown photographer in 1905, is an example of a cyanotype. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection A new exhibition at the crossroads of art, history ...

LOS ANGELES — What is so fascinating about staring at the faces of people we will never know? A new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) provides a wide and whimsical range: ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought a collection of early photographs, including very rare daguerreotypes from three early Black... Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits By First ...

The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present “NEPAL: Contemporary Paintings and Early Photographs in the collection of Dr.

Have you wondered why people in early photographs wear such solemn expressions? Deerfield's Memorial Hall Museum opens their 2008 season on May 1st with a special exhibition, Don't Smile for the ...

Early photography lacked the convenience of the stable roll film we all know, and instead relied on a set of processes which the photographer would have to master from film to final print.

The contemporary daguerreotype series was funded by the Australian Research Council project ‘Capturing Foundational Australian Photography in a Globalising World’ DE200101322, and supported by the ...