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Girault de Prangey: A Forgotten Pioneer of Photography
Despite the importance and innovation of this work, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey’s legacy has long been obscure.
Albert Bierstadt oil landscape painting of Mount St. Helens, Columbia River, Oregon
Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the great eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, the Portland Art Museum presents Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art, an exhibition examining artists’ responses to…
platinum photograph print of Leopold Hamilton Myers as 'The Compassionate Cherub'
In Focus: Platinum Photographs
The use of platinum was quickly embraced by both professional and amateur photographers alike and helped to establish photography as a fine art.
cataloguers at work on photography
Behind the Scenes with a Cataloguer
What do cataloguers do? What information about photographs is most relevant to record?
two parents cradle their child who has had a face transplant
Photographing Face Transplants and Revolutions
An award-winning photographer with decades of experience, Maggie Steber does not spare herself when examining her career.
group of small children close their eyes in prayer
Scotland’s Photograph Album
The current exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland’s Photograph Album: The MacKinnon Collection, showcases the infinite, multiform beauty of Scotland, its people…
old image of Capitoline Lion in the Roman Forum
Conserving One of MoMA's Oldest Photographs
Tarnish is slowly engulfing one of the oldest objects in MoMA's collection, a daguerreotype from 1842.
Graciela Iturbide, Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico, 1979 (printed later). Gelatin-silver print.
Figures Within the Landscape Reveal the Spirit of Mexico
Luces y Sombras means Lights and Shadows, a fitting title for an extraordinary show of 45 black and white photographs of 20th century Mexico.