Mathew Brady
Abraham Lincoln
Daugerreotype
The National Archives, D.C.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Lumière Brothers, Example of early color photography
Lumière Brothers
Young Lady with an Umbrella
Autochrome
Fondation Nationale de la Photographie, Lyons, France
Lewis Hine, Breaker Boys
This is one of my favorite photographs:
Lewis Hine
Breaker Boys, Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania
January 1911
The Library of Congress
Poster Child (or Poster Children?) for Child Labor Laws and Black Lung
It's a nice little find on the Library of Congress website.
Head Rest for Sitters in Long Exposure
This is a handy little device, a head rest, used back in the olden times during photo sessions. Exposure times were often very long so they needed to keep the head still during exposure to prevent blurriness.
Portable Outfit used for outdoor photography in the 1850s
Portable Outfit used for outdoor photography in the 1850s. The backpack includes darkroom tent, camera, tripod, picture taking and process materials.
He's got baggage...photographic baggage.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Niepce's Heliography experiments
Comparison between the original engraving and the heliography of Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Holmes Stereoscope
This is a Holmes Stereoscope used for viewing images in 3D. Like a primitive Viewmaster.
Camera Obscura
A Camera Obscura. The image formed by the lens (B) and reflected by the mirror (M) on the ground glass (N) is traced. From A. Ganot, Traité élémentaire de physique (Paris: 1855)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Large Portable Camera Obscura
This is a Large Portable Camera Obscura. (I would hate to have to haul that thing around!)
It's an etching from 1646 by Athanasius Kircher.
Camera Obscura Image
The first published illustration of a camera obscura observing a solar eclipse in January 1544. More camera obscura images to come!
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