From My Collection: Antique Photographs featuring Early Automobiles
From my personal collection of antique photographs, we look at a set of pictures of people posing with their automobiles early in the 20th Century.
About Daguerreotypes and Other Antique Photographs
Fine art photographer Keith Dotson's illustrated guide to identifying Daguerreotypes and other types of antique photographs
Antique Portrait of a Man in Uniform by London-based Photographer Edward Sharp
Edward Sharp operated his photography studio at two locations in London between the 1880s and 1914. I wasn’t able to learn much about him. He may have been born in …
The Bangs Sisters and Henry Jestram: Chicago Photographer Driven Insane by Séances
A Look at Henry Jestram's 1884 cabinet card portrait of a young sister and brother in Chicago, with strange history of his life
Cabinet Card Photographers of Newton, Kansas
A list of pioneering cabinet card photographers in the small town of Newton, Kansas, with examples of their work.
Historic Advertisement for The Ray Camera Company in Rochester, N.Y., Circa 1899
See a historic advertisement for The Ray Camera Company, located in Rochester N.Y. published in the April-June 1899 issue of The Photo-Miniature Magazine.
Art Photography Page from The San Francisco Call, May 20, 1900
Art Photography featured on page 12 of the May 20, 1900 San Francisco Call newspaper.
Carl Thiel: Portrait Photographer, Inventor, and Early Filmmaker (1880s-1910s)
Looking at an antique cabinet card photograph by Carl Thiel of Duluth, Minnesota circa 1890-ish.
New Podcast Episode: Edward S. Curtis — the Photographer Native Americans Called ‘the Shadow Catcher’
In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, the life and work of photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), who was nicknamed 'the shadow catcher' by Native Americans.
Listing of Historic Photography Magazines with Links to Scanned Issues
A running list of historic photography magazines with their masthead designs and links to scanned online sources where they can be read.