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Toronto. From its invention in 1839 until dry plates hit the market, photography was for specialists only – people with the skill and art necessary for the taking of a good ‘likene...
Some photographs don’t just capture a moment; they capture a world. Long before smartphones and social media, photographers froze slices of history that would become priceless wind...
Did you know that it was a Frenchman who took the very first photograph ever? Paris is celebrating the bicentennial with events and exhibitions.
Toronto. There has been an interest in the history of photography dating back at least to 1905 when Josef Eder produced his first edition (I have the Dover reprint of his third ed...
History tends to seem rather remote when it’s confined to textbooks, lists of dates, and exhibits in dusty museums. But as soon as you come across an old photograph, all at once th...
History has a funny way of feeling distant. We read dates, memorize famous names, and learn about world-changing events, but it’s easy to forget that the people behind those moment...
Photography can make us stop scrolling. It can make us remember someone we never met, feel the weight of a moment we missed, or suddenly see an ordinary street in a completely diff...
The National Gallery of Art has announced an exhibition that will trace African American photographers and portrait subjects from the earliest days of photography. [Read More]
History usually remembers kings, wars, inventions, and world-changing moments. But what about the ordinary people who simply woke up, went to work, laughed with friends, raised fam...
Look at the picture and you see an empty Paris street. Wide sidewalks, a row of trees, tall buildings, and almost no sign of life on what should have been a busy morning. Then your...
Starting from the early 1900s, a new exhibition documents the rapid expansion of urban life in the United States through the eyes of the most important photographers from the 20th...
World Photography Day 2026: From moments of tragedy and joy to reunions and farewells, photographers capture life in all its complexity, preserving fleeting moments for generations...
There’s something about a great black and white photos that makes you stop scrolling. No flashy colors. No digital polish doing the heavy lifting. Just light, shadow, faces, gestur...
Washington Irving’s classic story of the Headless Horseman saw Sleepy Hollow, New York, as its setting. The village was officially known as North Tarrytown until it adopted the nam...
In October 1906, a portrait of the German Crown Prince left Munich as nothing more than a flickering electric current, fought through roughly 1,800 kilometers' worth of telegraph l...
There is a quality about an old color photograph that has the power to halt you in your tracks. It might be the faded reds, the odd blue of a summer sky, or the warm yellow light f...
Toronto. Many collectors specialize in various kinds of old photos. Some like group photos and the gear used to take them. A cropped wide angle shot, a panoramic shot etc can recor...
In a town close to the French/German language split in Switzerland lies a piece of photographic history that is worth taking a look at. In Marly, Switzerland, lies Machine E, a mul...
The exhibition of around 70 historical photographs opens at the National Gallery of Art in November. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today...
By May 1840, a mathematics professor in Vienna had finished a lens before a single piece of glass had been ground for it. Petzval worked the design out on paper, with a squad of ar...
For nearly two centuries, photojournalists have played a vital role in documenting global events, influencing our view of the world and shaping how we view the future. Tim Page: Th...
The Royal Photographic Society will exhibit photographic works created by 48 different photographers for its 167th annual International Photography Exhibition (IPE). It is the worl...
Toronto. The PHSC welcomes all photographica collectors. While we focus on Canadian studios and contributions to photography, we are world wide in our interests. The society was fo...
Look back at a street photo from 1955, then look at one shot this morning. The old one carries something the new one can't quite reach, and it isn't that the photographer was talen...
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