- Photographer Nicephore Niepce - http://www.niepce.com/home-us.html
Dedicated to the History of Photography from its origins by French scientist and inventor Nicephore Niepce. Niepce discovered the process known as Heliography.
- Photica Project - http://www.cwriley.com/photica/index.htm
Contains information and articles on historical photographers and groups.
- City-Gallery.com - http://www.city-gallery.com/
Information on photography, family photographs and images, and genealogy. Focus is on 19th century photography.
- Arab Foundation for the Image - http://www.fai.org.lb/
A non-profit association that collaborates with Elysée Foundation in Lausanne to promote photography in the Middle East and the North Africa by locating, collecting and preserving the photographic heritage of that region.
- Central Pacific Railroad - http://CPRR.org
Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad.
- Women in Photography Archive - http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/index.htm
Focuses on the role of women in photography. Includes essays on women photographers and an online gallery.
- Midley History of Photography - http://www.midleykent.fsnet.co.uk
Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama.
- A History of Photography - http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
Contains an extensive history, from earliest times to the 1920s. Includes information on all significant photographers with biographical data.
- Georgian Museum of Photography - http://www.photomuseum.org.ge
Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.
- Collodions and Clopinettes - http://www.marillier.nom.fr/collodions/indexUk.html
Articles by Pierre G. Harmant, Paul Marillier, R. Derek Wood, and Jacques Roquencourt on Niépce, Daguerre, and other pioneer photographers.
- Albumen Photographs - http://albumen.stanford.edu/
Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images.
- Magic Lanterns - http://www.magiclantern14.btinternet.co.uk/
Description of the medium plus information on optical systems, components, lanterns types and slide identification.
- Pinhole Photography - http://www.photo.net/photo/pinhole/pinhole
History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details.
- Tintypes and Daguerreotypes - http://www.maine.com/photos/tintypes.htm
Article defines what tintypes and daguerreotypes are, the history of the processes, the sizes they came in, and the years they were popular.
- Painting and Photography - http://art-photography.netfirms.com
Some notes on the history of photography, mostly concerning the relationship between painting and photography.
- Photo Revue - http://www.photorevue.com
All about Czech and Slovak photography, history, theory, reviews, profiles.
- Photography in the 1840s - About Photography - http://www.photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa061702a.htm
Comparing the Calotype and the Daguerreotype, the first Welsh photograph, Irish pioneers, and French advances in the art of photography.
- Finding Photographers - http://www.FindingPhotographers.com
A worldwide index of the books and websites that list photographers and when they worked.
- About Photography: Nudes 1920-1940 - http://www.photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa040300a.htm
Consists of on the history of nude photography from 1920 to 1940, emphasizing the roles of the famous master photographers. No images.
- Lafayette Negative Archive - http://lafayette.150m.com/
Catalogue of vintage photographs made by the Lafayette studio of London, containing images made between 1887 and the 1930s, categorized by subject. Has explanatory articles.
- Historic Photo Archive - http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f2/kodachrome.html
Kodachrome dating guide for vintage slides.
- The Magic Mirror of Life: An Appreciation of the Camera Obscura - http://brightbytes.com/cosite/cohome.html
Many facets of the camera obscura (dark room); the origin of the photographic camera, its place in art, culture and education,vintage instruments,images, photographs, and working camera obscuras are included.
- Anima - http://web.inter.nl.net/users/anima/
Articles and GIF and Flash animations relating to optical toys, chronophotography (Muybridge, Marey, and others), and pre-cinematography of the 19th century.
- Early Visual Media - http://www.visual-media.be/
History of visual Media, photography pre-cinema prestidigitation danse macabre optical illusions.
- Cuarterolo Archive - http://archivocuarterolo.8m.com
The Cuarterolo archive is an image bank focused on 19th century Argentine and Latin American photography that houses over 5000 historic photographs.
- Mathew J. Steffens - http://members.aol.com/tyanult/steffens1.html
Steffens was THE photographer to Chicago's first "Gold Coast" residents...the richest of the rich. Commodore Steffens, as he was known because of his steam yachting and yacht club presidency, was one of Chicago's foremost society photographer from 1872 to the 1910's.
- American Museum of Photography - http://www.photography-museum.com/
Covers daguerreotypes to modernism. Research center features a guide early photo processes, book reviews and information on preserving/protecting valuable photographs.
- Cut & Paste - A History Of Photomontage - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davepalmer/cutandpaste/
Covering the artists involved in photomontage in the Berlin Dada movement, 1980s politics, and the present day.
- The Weston Exposure Meter Site - http://www.diaxa.com/weston/
Site dedicated to the Weston Exposure Meter from the earliest days to the Euromaster 3. Includes Photos, information and instruction books, and history of the company and its founder.
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