Photography has always been a controversial medium—is it an art or a science?
1826–c. 1870 C.E.
Photography has always been a controversial medium—is it an art or a science?
1826–c. 1870 C.E.
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Baldus’s Cloister of St. Trophîme, Arles aspired to use photography to make an imagined reality visible, tangible, and therefore achievable.
Have you ever wondered what it took to take a photograph in the 1800s?
Galton, who founded the Eugenics movement made composite portraits to validate his stereotypes.
The title of the photograph suggests that this image of lines and dots in wavy bands represents a walking soldier. But how?
Hill and Adamson spent considerable time documenting the daily life and activity of the village of Newhaven, making upwards of 130 calotypes during their visits.
Despite the medium’s infancy, Daumier’s lithograph leads the viewer to believe that 1862 Paris was teeming with photography studios.
Daguerre’s The Artist’s Studio shows off his new medium’s promise—photography—as an art form.
When the first eleven images of Sallie Gardner are seen in rapid succession at a speed of at least 24 frames per second, they allow us to re-experience her run.
Although today Atkins’s prints are sold and viewed as art, they were originally made as botanical illustrations.
Cameron’s evocative portrait captures her young niece… before she became the mother of a literary giant.
This pioneering woman used the new medium of photography to add dramatic flair to her domestic life.
Bank of America's Masterpiece Moment
Crafted in the 16th century, this pair of six-panel screens is painted in ink on paper and showcases both Yamato-e and Chinese painting styles. The work features pine trees―a typical Japanese motif―and it has beautifully captured the richness of a Japanese landscape.