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About.com: Photography

http://photography.about.com/

An Internet guide for photography & photographers, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include cameras & other equipment, landscape photography, portraits, photojournalism, travel photography, and famous photographers.

Author: Peter Marshall (photography.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Albumen: History, Science and Preservation

http://albumen.stanford.edu/

"Presenting the art and science of albumen printing, this site brings together 19th Century technical instruction, contemporary research, an online forum for conservation treatment and a wealth of images. This unique resource is dedicated to those who value the application of technology to the creative process of image making."

Author: Timothy Vitale and Paul Messier (pm@paulmessier.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Archives & Records Management

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: albumen photography; preservation

The Alternative Photographic Process FAQ

http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/faq.html

"The purpose of this FAQ is to introduce the novice to the field of alternative photographic processes. Alternative photographic processes are usually considered to be any photographic process that does not use the methods and technology of current silver-gelatin materials. This FAQ is not meant to be used as a guide to alternative process work, but as an introduction and reference for finding further information." Provides brief information about each process, as well as a bibliography of references, a listing of journals and magazines, and a directory of companies that sell the materials needed for the processes.

Author: Gordon J. Holtslander (Holtslander@skyfox.usask.ca)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Prints

Amateur Photographic Science

http://bjornburton.org/

Recipes for photographic formulas for printing and simple lens formulas. There are also links to related sites.

Author: Bjorn Burton (admin@bjornburton.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Photographic Formula; Formula

American Museum of Photography

http://www.photographymuseum.com/

You can take a guided tour of the museum or view online photographic exhibits. "Exhibitions at The American Museum of Photography are drawn from the Collection of Wm. B. Becker. This privately-held collection is concentrated on the first 75 years of photography--from shortly after the medium's invention in 1839 until the first World War." There's also a primer, describing early photographic processes.

Author: American Museum of Photography (comment@photographymuseum.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

CameraQuest's Classic Camera Profiles

http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm

Looking into a Nikon F3 US Navy as opposed to a Nikon F US Navy? Numerous images and description of most cameras produced in this century. Exhaustive serial number lists for particular camera models, methods of design and production, and scanned photos taken by particular models. Includes "My Not So Objective Picks and Pans": frank advice for consumers on actual value and worthiness of particular cameras and accessories. Buying guides for inexperienced photographers and photographers on a budget.

Author: Stephen Gandy (Stephen@CameraQuest.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Cameras

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

http://cprr.org/

The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum exhibitsstereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the historyof the first transcontinental railroad. Detailed discussion of the photographic processes used to create the images are included. There is also dicussion of the contribution of the Chinese workers who helped build the railroad.

Author: CPRR.org (museum@CPRR.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: railroad; construction; Chinese

The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography

http://www.precinemahistory.net/

"An Illustrated Chronological History Of The Development OfMotion Pictures Covering 2,500 Years Leading To Cinematography In The1800's... This is a retrospective history of the dawn of film, and a pre-history of cinema itself. The body of this text deals with the origin of motion pictures and the ancestors of cinema beginning from approximately nine hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and culminating in the final decade of the nineteenth century."

Author: Paul T. Burns (author@precinemahistory.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Movies--Film Making

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Cinematography; Films; Motion Pictures; Camera; Camera Obscura

Daguerrean Broadside

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/7671/

The history of Daugerreotype is interesting as a forerunner to modern photography. This site provides images of Daugerrotypes and its history for researchers and the general public. It includes links to other sites which can aid the interested in learning more about daugerrotypes.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Digitaltruth: Photo Source

http://www.digitaltruth.com/

A site hosting a variety of resources related to photography. Resources include a film development chart; formulae, how-to's, and technical data; links for downloading guides, computer software, and other utilities; and links to photography-related Web sites.

Author: Jon Mided (photo@digitaltruth.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Developing; Photographers; Black and white; Film

Florida State Archives Photographic Collection

http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fpc/

"The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the Florida State Archives and contains over 790,000 still photographs and approximately 2,000 movies and video tapes. The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current photographs. In a concentrated effort to make the collection available to the largest possible audience, the Florida State Archives applied for grant funding under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to digitize a large part of the collection and to make it accessible through the internet. This web site is a result of that project. We will continue to add photographs to the site as they are cataloged and scanned." Searchable.

Author: Joan Morris (jmorris@mail.dos.state.fl.us)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Florida; Photographs; History

FreeFoto.com

http://www.freefoto.com/

"FreeFoto.com is one of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet. The comprehensive, yet easy to navigate site features 50 main sections with over 1000 sub headings. The photographs are free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users. FreeFoto.com contains over 28,000 images with new pictures being added every week." Searchable.

Author: FreeFoto.com inc (freefoto@btconnect.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Guide to better picutres from KODAK

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/pictureTaking/

This site is provided by KODAK.
"Using hundreds of images, we give you a thorough introduction to 35mm photography. Equipment, techniques, films, lighting, composition ‹ we cover it all. No longer will you have to wonder what your pictures will look like if you try a new technique. We show you.

You'll learn how to manipulate shutter speed and depth of field to produce stunning pictures. You'll read about auto-focus and manual SLR cameras and discover a variety of electronic flash techniques that will improve your photos. You'll learn how to position the subject and use viewpoint and foreground frames to enliven scenes. And you'll find out about different films so you can choose the one best for you."

Author: Eastman Kodak Company

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: picuture

Guide to the rec.photo FAQs and Other WWW Resources in Photography

http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/pointer.html

Index of WWW sites for FAQs relating to photography. Organized by topic.

Author: John N. Wall (jnweg@unity.ncsu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: FAQ; Resources

Handmade Photographic Images

http://members.home.net/hmpi/

Has articles concerning such topics as infrared and ultraviolet photography, history of pinhole photography, alternative photographic methods and FAQ's. There is also a gallery showing images created using the different methods, with a brief description of how the photograph was taken. There are also links to related sites.

Author: George L. Smyth (GLSmyth@ari.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Ultraviolet Photography; Infrared Photography; Pinhole Photography

A History of Photography

http://host1.kbnet.co.uk/rleggat/photo/

"This is not designed to be a course on the history of photography such as a resource to dip into. In addition to pen-portraits of many of the most important photographers of the period, it contains information on some of the most significant processes used during the early days of photography. The project was confined to the first eighty years or so, as this is often a convenient cut-off point in books and when dividing courses into a syllabus. To some extent this has been a frustration, in that there have been many important developments and many interesting photographers who practised during and subsequent to that date. It is hoped that a sequel will be forthcoming in due course."

Author: Dr. Robert Leggat MA M.Ed FRPS FRSA (atrleggat@kbnet.co.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Images Canada

http://www.imagescanada.ca/

"Images Canada provides central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage."

Author: Images Canada

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--Canada

Keywords: Canada; images; canadian culture

Introduction to Photography

http://w1.541.telia.com/~u54105795/intro-to-photography.htmlhttp://w1.541.telia.com/~u54105795/intro-to-photography.html

A collection of six articles written by a professional photographer, originally written for a local photographic course he taught for a technical college years ago. A good site for a beginner interested in learning the basics of photography. The articles include everything from looking at various types of cameras, how they work, the shutter and shutter speed, depth of field, exposure, and lenses.

Author: David Barnes (vibard@resntl.bhp.com.au)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Kodak

http://www.kodak.com/

Find advice and general information about photography. Includes information about composing an interesting picture and choosing the right film.

Author: Eastman Kodak (webmaster@kodak.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Large Format Photography

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~qtluong/photography/lf/

Discusses the pros and cons of using large format photography, equipment needed, and mistakes to avoid. There are numerous articles on reviews of different types of cameras, accessories, and equipment. There are also links to related sites.

Author: Quan-Tuan Luong (luong@ai.sri.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Large Format Photography

The Massive Dev Chart

http://www.digitaltruth.com/photo/devchart.html

"The world's largest film development chart." Charts of development times for dozens of types of film in sheet, roll, and 35mm.

Author: Jon Mided (photo@digitaltruth.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Film developing; Film; Sheet film; Roll film

Masters of Photography

http://masters-of-photography.com/

"This archive of great photography includes biographies, articles, and scanned images that are viewable in three size formats."

Author: Mark Harden (mastersofphotography@webgalleries.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Modern Ruins

http://www.inch.com/~buehler/ruins/

This site has beautiful photodocumentaries of modern ruins, mostly around New York. Some use Quicktime panoramas, but most are regular photos. The artist gives brief introductions to his approaches to the different photographed locations.

Author: Phillip Buehler (pwbuehler@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Northeastern

Social Sciences--Archaeology

Keywords: ruin; quicktime; photodocumentary

The Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive

http://www.mptv.net/main/main_elements/mainpage.htm

"This site contains images owned and/or represented by the Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive Inc. (MPTV) - home to over 23,000 classic images dating from the 1910's to the present." You can search for and view images online, but you must obtain the proper rights if you wish to make further use of the images.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Movies

Entertainment & Leisure--Television

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives (NAA)

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/

"The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline. Its collections represent the four fields of anthropology ­ ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology ­ and include manuscripts, fieldnotes, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video created by Smithsonian anthropologists and other preeminent scholars." Online exhibitions include "Camping With the Sioux:Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher", "Henry Wood Elliot:An American Artist in Alaska, "Selections from the Field Journal of William Duncan Strong(Honduras, 1933)", Canela Body Adornment: Photographs from the William H. Crocker Collection", "Kiowa Drawings", and "Tichkematse: A Cheyenne at the Smithsonian".

Author: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (don@smithson.si.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Social Sciences--Anthropology

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Ethnology

Photo.net

http://photo.net/photo/

A web site containing Internet resources related to photography. Categories include discussion groups and mailing lists, photo exhibits, equipment reviews, and technique/how to information for traditional and digital photography. There is a search function available.

Author: Philip Greenspun (philg@mit.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Technique; How to; Equipment

PhotoForum on the Internet

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photoforum.html

"This is the website for the PhotoForum on the Internet, an active mail list dedicated to photography educators, professionals and students. The site includes access to a large database of schools worldwide that teach photography, an extensive FAQ file, exhibition services, employment opportunities, etc."

Author: Andrew Davidhazy (andpph@rit.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Photographic Libraries

http://www.photographiclibraries.com/

This site is a directory of webistes that offer photographic images and web graphics of all sorts fo subjects and topics.

Author:

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Computer Science--Art, Imaging, Multimedia & Performance

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: images; photographs; graphics

Photography Articles by RIT Faculty Members

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/articles.html

"This is an eclectic list including some recent as well as "vintage" articles by several current and past members of the faculty of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at RIT. They range from topics on infrared photography, ultraviolet, synchroballistic, panoramic, peripheral, schlieren, photofinish, and many other topics."

Author: Andrew Davidhazy (andpph@rit.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: infrared; digital photography; panoramic; schlieren

Photography on the Road

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/weblinks/wlphot.htm#phot

Covers the basics of taking good photographs while traveling on the road. It covers what to bring and what not to bring. Includes basic etiquette of taking photographs of native people in the places being visited. There is a bibliography of selected readings and links to related sites.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Travel Photography

Photography@nationalgeographic.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/photography/index.html

The photo archive features the work of National Geographic photographers, along with their comments and biographies. The Camera Bag and Q & A sections offer tips for photographers.

Author: National Geographic Society (webmaster@ngs.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: photos

PhotoLinks

http://www.photolinks.net/

A database of Internet resources related to photography. Listings contain annotations written by the site submitter. You can browse by category, region or alphabetically, or search the collection.

Author: William Atchison (webmaster@atchison.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Resources

Pinhole Visions

http://www.pinhole.com/

"Pinhole Visions provides organized access to all types of information on pinhole photography, and most especially to the work of pinhole photographers. This site is continually updated as more pinhole enthusiasts add to the pinhole knowledge pool." The site includes galleries of pinhole photography, a directory of pinhole artists on the web, news about pinhole photography developments, and learning resources.

Author: Gregg Kemp (Gregg@pinhole.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: pinhole photography

Publishing/Graphics Arts Glossary

http://www.smartbiz.com/sbs/arts/eyn3.htm

"This glossary contains the technical and business terms from thefields of publishing, photography, computers, graphic design andprinting." The list is an excerpt from the book "Editing Your Newsletter - How to Produce an Effective Publication Using Traditional Tools and Computers," by Mark Beach.

Author: Mark Beach (irv@smartbiz.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Graphic Arts

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: Photography; Graphic Design; Printing

ShawGuides: Photography Workshops & Schools

http://www.shawguides.com/photo/

"Detailed descriptions of hundreds of diploma, certificate, and degree programs in photography offered by trade schools, colleges, and universities; photography workshops, schools, photo tours and vacations, travel programs, and residencies & retreats worldwide."

Author: ShawGuides, Inc. (info@shawguides.com)

Subjects:

Education--Vocational

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

The Short Courses

http://www.shortcourses.com/

This digital photography site provides 'short courses' in "choosing a digital camera", "digital photography", "digital video", "the digital darkroom", "getting better digital photos", and "digital camera resource center".

Author: Dennis Curtin (denniscurtin@mediaone.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: digital camera; digital photography; digital video

Suffering Under a Great Injustice : Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanzar

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/

"In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's best-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. In "Suffering under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar, the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress presents for the first time side-by-side digital scans of both Adams's 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints, allowing viewers to see his darkroom technique and in particular how he cropped his prints."

Author: Ansel Adams

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars--World War II

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Japanese

W J's Homepage

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm

This site is an excellent technical resource on Infrared Photography. This is a personal home page which describes how to develop your own IR film in both color or black and white formats, saving a person that would like to experiment pictorially time and money. This page is also a good source to find images made with IR film as well as used camera equipment.

Author: W J (w.j.markerink@a1.nl)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Keywords: infrared photography

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