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America from the Great Depression to World War II - FSA Photographs.

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views,
1839-1864.

Descriptions of various photographic processes - albumen prints to Woodburytype, with links to other photography sites.

Biographical information on photographers.

Definitions of photographic terms.

Art and science of the early photographic process known as daguerreotype.

Digital camera database and buying guide, digital photography
timeline and glossary of terms. An excellent, comprehensive, consistently maintained site.

An online library for digital photographers. Contains the full-text of the site developers Short Course on Digital Photography and informationabout books on digital photography.

History of the first photograph, taken by Nicephore Niepce in 1826.  Site is maintained by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

Digital image sampler and browsing resource for the vast photography holdings of the George Eastman House.

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s online photography collection.  Includes “First Century of American Photographs,” “Contemporary American Landscape Photography” and “American Daguerreotypes.”

Information about photographers and photographic processes in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Search for information on photographers and photographs in the vast collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Browse the photograph collection by artist, date, exhibition or subject.  Notable subjects are California landscapes, self-portraits, works by Edward Weston and Pictorial photographs.

Includes digitized photographs from the NYPL photographic collection of over 400,000 images, arranged by subject.

Site of Magnum Photos, an agency for photojournalists founded by Robert Capa and others in 1947.

Named after the seven founding photo-journalists who formed this collectively owned agency in 2001.  Includes slide shows and images that define the turbulent opening years of the 21st century.

History of photomontage, with examples, from the 19th century to the present day.

Information about photographers, photographic history and photographic technology.

University of California, Riverside’s photography museum site.  Online access to collections and web projects.