Norton Museum 'Veiled Presence' explores peculiar practices of 19th-century photography

A Norton Museum of Art exhibition explores the peculiar practices of 19 th -century photography studios in capturing ...
Yahoo

How Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change

Frederick Douglass is perhaps best known as an abolitionist and intellectual. But he was also the most photographed American of the 19th century. And he encouraged the use of photography to promote ...

🌱 Patch AM: Explore the hidden stories behind 19th-century photography

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CNN

The stories behind 10 of the world’s earliest known photographs

As early cameras began spreading out from Europe in the middle of the 19th century, photography became an increasingly powerful medium for obtaining and disseminating information about the wider world ...
Artnet

Sotheby’s Will Auction a Hoard of the World’s Earliest Photographs, Taken by 19th-Century Inventor Henry Fox Talbot—See Images Here

Sotheby’s will auction almost 200 photos by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), one of the inventors of the medium, in New York next month. The collection, which will be offered as a single lot, is ...
WHDH

Reading high school teacher brings 19th-century photography method to classroom

READING, MASS. (WHDH) - One Reading High School teacher is bringing 19th-century photography to the classroom to show her students what photography was like before the invention of smartphones. “You ...
The Norman Transcript

Lori Oden: A 19th-century view into the 21st century

If you have spare time before the end of this holiday season, meander over to OU's Lightwell Gallery in the Department of Art. There is an exhibition of photography there by OU graduate and Oklahoma ...
Ledger-Enquirer

19th Century photographs on display in Auburn

The first museum exhibition to highlight Victorian-era American and European photographs from the collection of Auburn University alumnus William Wiese is now on view at the Jules Collins Smith Museum ...
Ars Technica

Scientists unlock the chemical secrets of a 19th-century photography technique

Mordançage is a photographic process that yields striking black-and-white photographs characterized by ghostly veiling effects. Scientists from George Mason University have recently figured out ...
Science Daily

Engineers repurpose 19th-century photography technique to make stretchy, color-changing films

A new technique opens a door to manufacturing of pressure-monitoring bandages, shade-shifting fabrics, or touch-sensing robots Imagine stretching a piece of film to reveal a hidden message. Or ...