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  • 200 Years of Photos Reveal History of Mining and Industry in America
  • The Soul of Black and White: 35 Historic Photos That Still Inspire Today
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petapixel.com /2 weeks ago

200 Years of Photos Reveal History of Mining and Industry in America

A new exhibition will examine how generations of photographers have captured mining and industry in the United States, from early daguerreotypes depicting the California Gold Rush...

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121clicks.com /3 weeks ago

The Soul of Black and White: 35 Historic Photos That Still Inspire Today

Before digital filters, ultra-sharp mirrorless cameras, and endless scrolling feeds, photography lived in the raw beauty of black and white. These historic monochrome images weren’...

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petapixel.com /1 day ago

Unknown Photographer Who Took First Royal Portrait Honored With Blue Plaque

A photographer believed to have taken the very first portrait of the British Royal Family has been honored with a blue plaque in the English city of Brighton. [Read More]

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phsc.ca /2 weeks ago

travel scenes long before television

  Toronto. Old photo collectors search diligently for photos that complement their collections. Travel scenes are often enthusiastically collected since many more studio scenes and...

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artmag.co.uk /1 month ago

Early Gaze: Unseen Photography from the 19th Century

Available in a bi-lingual English-Dutch edition, this journey through the development of early photography provides a fascinating insight into the origins and development in Belgiu...

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rhondasescape.com /1 month ago

Camera Ready

 It is amazing how easy a selfie is today.  By the time I was a teen I was very interested in photography.  My mother sparked the interest with her "Brownie" that was always used f...

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121clicks.com /1 month ago

28 Rare Historical Photos That Reveal Stories You’ve Never Seen Before

History isn’t just something you read about in textbooks; it’s made up of real moments. The kind you might miss if you blink, but someone happened to capture just in time. Let’s fa...

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sothebysrealty.com /1 month ago

Collecting Focus: Fine Art Photography

One couple’s remarkable private collection perfectly captures the transportive power of photography, writes Katie Armstrong A 2024 exhibition of photography at Sotheby’s New York....

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121clicks.com /1 week ago

Frozen in Time: 32 Powerful Historical Photos That Bring Forgotten Moments Back to Life

There’s something unbelievably powerful about old photographs. One faded black-and-white frame can instantly pull us into another era, making history feel raw, personal, and strang...

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121clicks.com /3 weeks ago

33 Powerful Historical Photos That Bring Forgotten Moments Back to Life

There’s something wildly fascinating about old photos. One second you’re staring at a black-and-white image, and the next you’re mentally transported into another era, hearing the...

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121clicks.com /2 days ago

Old New York Revealed: 35 Rare Historical Photos That Capture Forgotten Moments

Old photographs of New York stir up a surprising amount of feeling. Perhaps it’s catching a glimpse of Times Square before neon lights and digital billboards dominated the scene. M...

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121clicks.com /1 month ago

Before the Selfie: 25 Mirror Self Portraits from the Early Days of Photography

Long before smartphones and front cameras ruled the world, photographers were already taking selfies just with more grit, style, and patience. In the early days of photography, mir...

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omanobserver.om /1 month ago

Capturing Change Muscat Exhibition Marks 200 Years of Photography

Marking 200 years since the invention of photography by French engineer Nicéphore Niépce, a new exhibition in Muscat brings together Omani and French artists in a cultural collabor...

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121clicks.com /1 month ago

The Power of Monochrome: 33 Timeless Photos by Legendary Photographers

Black and white photography strips away the noise and goes straight for the gut. No colors to distract, just raw emotion, light, shadow, and story. When film was king, the legends...

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phsc.ca /3 weeks ago

food for thought about photos

Toronto. In issue 27-3, George Dunbar raises a now familiar alarm in his article, “Preservation of Invisible Photographs in the 21st Century”. As George points out, the digital era...

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121clicks.com /6 days ago

History Reimagined: 33 Rare Color Photos That Bring the Past Back to Life

There’s something wildly surreal about seeing history in color. The past suddenly stops feeling like a dusty chapter from a textbook and starts looking real, like people were actua...

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petapixel.com /4 weeks ago

Historic Photos Show the Once Ubiquitous American Diner

Here's the thing with photography: you can take a mundane photo and think, 'Why did I take that?' But years later, that same photo is a fascinating artifact from a bygone era. [Rea...

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observer.com /1 month ago

In an Age of Image Overload, AIPAD’s The Photography Show Reminds Us What a Photograph Can Do

The breadth of the presentations reaffirmed the medium’s relevance across generations and geographies.

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fstoppers.com /1 month ago

The Face Is Not Innocent

Portraiture did not begin with photography. It began with control. Long before the camera, someone was already deciding how a face should be seen, remembered, and fixed in time. Th...

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openculture.com /1 week ago

Hand-Colored Photographs from 19th Century Japan: 110 Images Capture the Waning Days of Traditional Japanese Society

What we euphemistically refer to as the “Opening of Japan” catalyzed a period of seismic upheaval for the proud formerly closed country. Between the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate...

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phsc.ca /1 week ago

the autochrome and the diascope

Toronto. The early colour processes were usually additive and as such incredibly slow. In to the mid last century the alternative was to take a good B&W portrait and colour it...

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petapixel.com /1 month ago

George Eastman Museum Expands One of The World’s Oldest Photography Collections with 900 New Images

The George Eastman Museum, which holds one of the world’s oldest photography collections, has added more than 900 photographic works through purchases and donations in 2025. [Read...

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fstoppers.com /2 weeks ago

Photography Is Dead, Long Live Photography

More cameras, fewer photographers. As this new day dawns outside my window, I pose a simple yet profound question: Is there still truth in photography? Damn you, Eddie.“People beli...

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petapixel.com /1 month ago

These Beautiful Golden Photo Prints Fell Out of Favor Over a Century Ago

A new exhibit celebrates the golden beauty of the classic orotone photo print, giving the eye-catching but short-lived photographic printing process more time in the spotlight. [Re...

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