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N.V. Parekh and the Rise of Studio Photography in East Africa

Avatar photo by Mallory Cohen November 3, 2022January 24, 2023

Isolde Brielmaier’s book I Am Sparkling illustrates how Parekh’s studio became a place for sitters to assert their agency in a changing world.

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Photo Book Retells the History of Hysteria 

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 25, 2022September 26, 2022

Laura Larson’s City of Incurable Women draws from archival materials to speculate on the lives of women who were famously hospitalized for hysteria throughout history.

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Vintage Cameras and the Imperfect Photographs They Take

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 26, 2016October 28, 2016

David Ellwand has collected over 100 vintage cameras and published the photographs he’s taken with them in RetroPhoto: An Obsession.

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The First 100 Years of Camera Advertising

by Ben Valentine July 9, 2014July 9, 2014

Ever since the invention of photography, we’ve been deeply fascinated by cameras and the images they produce.

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Darkroom Developer Trays as Portraits of the Artists

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 20, 2014March 24, 2014

Disposable and deteriorated, the developer trays used by photographers are usually discarded.

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20 of the First Photographs of Things, from People to Hoaxes to the Moon

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 12, 2013July 8, 2022

We’ve compiled a list of photographic firsts from the beginnings of photography all to way to the newest landmarks in capturing visually things which were previously imperceptible to our human eyes.

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The Rise and Fall of Polaroid

by Alissa Guzman July 30, 2013July 29, 2013

Instant: The Story of Polaroid, an entertaining book by the New York-based writer Christopher Bonanos, follows the long and twisting career of Edwin Land and his brainchild corporation, Polaroid.

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