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„ Weisse Segel “Eine KönigstochterUntitled Portrait of Two GirlsCatalogue: Washington Salon and Art Photographic Exhibition of 1896Am KanalRedwoodsOn the Basingstoke CanalProgram Cover: Lytrit style portrait by StraussChant SacrèA Wet Day On The Boulevard — ParisSur la Porte | At the DoorFleurs d’OrangerTo-Morrow will be FridayGrenadiere am Wachtfeuer | Grenadiers at the WatchfireWasserlilienEveningCanal bei DelftDorothy Tucker with FanÉtude Cover: In ArcadiaAlma MaterLes Troglodytes“La Petite Princesse Clair-de-Lune”Mermaid Study : SubmergedStudy of Miss A.Mary Magdalene and the Holy GrailLa Lampe FileSilhouetteMy Niece and her PetWäscherin in der DüneNude in DarknessA Venetian WellFischerThe Castle GarthJunges MädchenCampo San MargheritaDie BärentreiberSetsu, in Darling of The GodsThe Dice PlayersMoonrise in the CatskillsGerda LundequistStürmischer StrandPortrait de Holland DayStradivarius Dissected …Le DevinAdolphe Bridge in LuxembourgOld Spring at West Point | Kosciuszko’s GardenÉtudes de TêteStirling CastleAn Old SaltIn Erwartung des DampfbootesAfter the RainWashington Arch at MidnightFruits of the EarthPortrait of Woman Holding up BowlCamera Work Subscription FormPreparing Spring Flowers for MarketMarsh WeedsLa Perle Doucement  S’ Éteint et la Danse S’ Arrête | The Pearl Slowly Fades Away and the Dance StopsUn TyrolienBeppoThe Photographic Times: 1889St. Martin’s Church – Trafalgar SquareIn measured tones subdued and low…St. Martin’s Church — Wet EveningLower Broadway  N.Y. CityBridal Portrait by Eugene Hutchinson„ Vor dem Sturm “MagdeleineMungo Ponton: 1801-1880DisappointedBlumenstraußLanding of the BoatsChurch at ChurubuscoStudieLe Déclin de L’étéLow Key PortraitKodak Girl in Sheep FieldBalboa Park: San DiegoAuf der DüneStudienkopfHonolulu, HawaiiWinged Dancer on StageThe BonfireEl Capitan | YosemiteThe Kitten’s BreakfastThe Odor of PomegranatesThe RetreatRouenJohn Frederick William HerschelÉtude de Nu | Nude StudyConstanceA Holbein WomanHawaiian Tree StudyAufnahme von Docent F. Schmidt in KarlsruheNuéesListening to the BirdsSunsetErnteLes Joueurs de CartesA Chautauqua StudentDiptych: Das alle Binderhaus in Perchtoldsdorf & Das rothe Thor in SpitzThe Kiss

Bringing to Light the Growth and Artistic Vision of 19th & 20th Century Photography

  • L’Art Photographique: 1899-1900
  • Pictorial Photographs : A Record of the Photographic Salon of 1895
  • Photographisches Centralblatt: 1898
L’Art Photographique: 1899-1900 Pictorial Photographs : A Record of the Photographic Salon of 1895 Photographisches Centralblatt: 1898
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The argument over whether photography should be considered an art form seems laughable to us today. Yet, beginning in the 1880s and lasting into the 20th century, members of amateur photographic clubs and societies the world over deemed the topic of artistic photography worthy of a decades-long shouting match. With several notable exceptions, photographic imagery in the 19th century was utilitarian in purpose—documenting people and places—and usually for a fee. Aesthetic stagnation and conformity was often the result. Market forces toward the end of the century changed this. A new syntax emerged in the language of photography with the introduction of the dry plate, advanced cameras and lenses, . . .

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