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In Memoriam:
Daniel Wolf 1955-2021

Daniel Wolf was one of those giants in photography who played a major role in the development of our profession.

by William L. Schaeffer

In Memoriam:
Janette Rosing 1942 – 2021

She made collecting things in various fields her life’s work, and saw it as in some way akin to the rewards of having a family, with each member looked after by being carefully preserved and immaculately annotated in her tiny pencil script.

by Richard Meara

Wendy Red Star at Joslyn Art Museum:
Re-examining The Indian Congress 1898.
An Interview with Annika Johnson, Associate Curator of Native American Art

In the summer of 1898, over 500 citizens of 35 Native American nations gathered in present-day North Omaha to participate in the Indian Congress.

by Michael Diemar

Antonia Gotte:
A Much Photographed Model

At some point in her modelling career Antonia accepted to sit for photographers and used as she was to unveiling for painters did not think twice before doing the same in front of the camera.

by Denis Pellerin

“La Maison démolie”
Photographs of Egypt by Maxime Du Camp 1849-1850

The enigmatic figure photographed among the ruins flickers throughout the texts, like a protagonist in a film, somehow connected to the plot, but never fully developed and seen only in disconnected glimpses.

by Julia Ballerini

The in visibility of Hadji-Ishmael: Maxime Du Camp’s 1850 photographs of Egypt

Du Camp’s sense of disorder and disjunction did leave its traces. One such trail appears intermittently throughout the photographs, a cypher that appears, disappears and reappears.

by Julia Ballerini

Bubble and Fly:
The Making of Two Iconic Fashion Stories

She studied it, smiled, and remarked, "You’re going to fly it over the Eiffel Tower, yes?" Suppressing a grin, I said, "Maybe."

by Melvin Sokolsky

György Stalter’s Manufacture and Tólápa:
Two Projects About Roma

These picture are subjective, they reflect me, my relationship with the world surrounding me, my vulnerability, my emotions, as well as the people who have collaborated with me.

by Michael Diemar

How David Attie invented Photoshop in the 1950s – and had his career launched by Truman Capote

Brodovitch loved the montages. In fact, he spent the entire class gushing over them.

by Eli Attie

What Did the Victorians See in the Stereoscope?

It soon became evident that, thanks to the stereoscope, a large number of people who could not afford the expense of going on a Grand Tour, could at least buy stereo cards of the places they wished to visit.

by Denis Pellerin

The Epidemic Conflagration

During the epidemic that took place during the winter of 1910-1911, some 60,000 people were struck down by a pulmonary form of the disease that invariably proved fatal.

by Pierre Dourthe

Images of Persia
Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse

An exceptional archive, original photographs mostly taken by Henry-René d’Allemagne during his various archaeological, ethnographic and artistic expeditions in Persia between 1898 and 1907.

by Bruno Tartarin

Warren Thompson:
Stereo Daguerreotypist

Up to now very little was known about American-born stereo daguerreotypist Warren Thompson and the information we had about him was very scant, so much so that nobody knew when and where he was born or what happened to him after the early 1860s.

by Denis Pellerin

Women in the Dark:
Female Photographers in the US, 1850-1900, by Katherine Manthorne

On April 22, 1890, citizens of the central Kansas town of McPherson were greeted with a directive in the local paper: “Expression is the key to character. Think of this then have Mrs. Vreeland Whitlock take your picture.”

by Mary Pelletier

Photographic Papers in the 20th Century:
Methodologies for Research, Authentication and Dating

Coming in close succession, major authenticity scandals in 1997 and 1999 involving photographs attributed to Man Ray and Lewis Hine sent a shudder of uncertainty across the collecting community.

by Paul Messier

Image Isn’t Everything:
Revealing Affinities across Collections through the Language of the Photographic Print

A photograph is more than an image. Paper, the physical material of the photographer, plays a vital role in the appearance of a photographic print and in conveying the photographer’s intention for it.

by Paul Messier

The Troubled Life of a Dandy: John J. McKendry, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Met (1967-1975)

“Mad Romantic” is a term often used in the literature to describe the biographical journey of the extravagant John J. McKendry.

by Isabella Seniuta

Steven Arnold

On his studio floor or on small stages, Arnold would construct elaborate sets covered in fabric, paper, and found objects such as masks, jewelry, toys, bottle caps, coins, and shells. These repurposed parts proved the value and power of trash, of the discarded and meaningless, made into precious treasure through Arnold’s photography.

by Tyler Akers

Florence Nightingale:
The Mysteries Behind Her Iconic Photographs

It is very important to bear in mind that when she sailed for the Crimea, the name of Florence Nightingale was totally unknown to the general public. Queen Victoria herself had only heard mention of her a few days prior to her departure and knew very little about her.

by Denis Pellerin

Chronic Nostalgic:
How I became a dealer in vernacular colour slides

The chase involved in looking through thousands of amateur photographs in search of those that elicit the same endorphin rush as professional photographers' best work is a challenge of endurance and often a masochistic practice.

by Amanda Hedden

Julia Margaret Cameron
A Priestess of the Sun

To prepare for every contingency, the Camerons had brought along their coffins, the maid, and a live cow on the ship traveling to the distant shore.

by Stephen White

Francesca Woodman: On Being an Angel

Among the lot, one group stood out and I gravitated toward them. One student took ownership, identifying herself as Francesca Woodman.

by Stephan Brigidi

The Commissioned Oxford Stereos of Spiers and Son

What makes Spiers and Son’s Oxford in the Stereoscope so unique for the photo historian is that the original negatives used to print the cards have nearly all survived and that there were at least twice as many images taken than were published. It is a real photographic treasure!

by Denis Pellerin

Collecting as a Mirror of Changing Times:
Photography at the Städel Museum

“I’ve put several trial photographs on display at the Städel’sches Kunst-Institut”, announced Frankfurt photographer Sigismund Gerothwohl (1808–before 1902) in 1845 in an advertising text in the newssheet of the Free City of Frankfurt.

by Kristina Lemke

Walker Evans
at Centre Pompidou, 2017

For Evans, true lyricism entered spontaneously or was discovered after the fact.

by Martin Barnes

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