history of photography Archives - Keith Dotson

The Half Dome, 4,953 feet, Yosemite, Cal., by Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916), negative about 1865 - 1872; print about 1882, Albumen silver print. Getty Open Content Program.

The extraordinary (but sad) life of Carleton Watkins, the first great photographer of Yosemite

Carleton Watkins set the standard by which all other Yosemite photographers were measured If I say the words “great Yosemite landscape photographer,” you’ll probably think of the legendary Ansel Adams. …

Albumen Photograph of Egypt by P. Sebah, Lekagian, and others. 1883. Collection of the author.

History of Photography

From my personal photo collection: An antique albumen print of Eqypt

Using a historic print from my own collection to introduce the albumen process This small albumen print of a photograph of Egypt attributed to P. Sebah and Lekagian is one …

Four prints of the photograph from different museums - Above, left – right: J. Paul getty Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Gallery of Art

History of Photography

‘The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty (Ms. Keene)’ a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron

I’d like to introduce you to Ms. Keene, posing as “The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty” for the lens of Julia Margaret Cameron in June of 1866. You can tell by …