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 ...

A rare collection of early aviation glass lantern slides documenting Italian aviator Carlo Francesco Lombardi's long-distance ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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.

The question seems completely absurd to us in the 21st century: should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we? But in the early 20th century, this was a ...

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 ...

Introduction / Stephanie H. Tung and Karina H. Corrigan -- China's nineteenth century : a snapshot / Mark C. Elliott -- The coolie, the corpse, and the crowd : Felice Beato and the ethics of war ...