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The Iron MillFrühlingsidyllStowing the Net„Rodin“    MDCCCCIShadows, 1903The Amateur Photographer Card GameMatinée de mai, en MorvanCover: The Photographic Times: 1901PierretteMermaid SunbathingAuf Der LandstrasseWhite Mountains, N.H. from Fryeburg MaineAccordant sa harpe“The Sibyl”Le Stryge; Notre Dame.SundownMeadow RoadAn Old-Fashioned WinterDas Heilige AbendmahlEtudeSacred Falls : OahuHarbor with ShipsPortraitstudieExtasy —The little FaunAdding Fire to the FuelDer KiebitzReturning to the FoldVirginia CreeperJunges MädchenHard LuckDépart matinal de RégatesProgram Cover: Lytrit style portrait by StraussÉtude de FemmeBildnis Max LiebermannWhite FieldsMadone moderneRosenLovers Lane in WinterArch of ConstantineWitches’  Wood„ Weisse Segel “Samuel and EliHis First LoveOur Kitchen | Ironing DayVilla TorloniaThe WreckUn Cantique Sunshine and RainPraying Corn SellersStudieHerbstlandschaft The KissJapanese Hill-and-Pond Garden IslandHeatherHawaiian Tree StudyA Study in Black and WhiteOld CroniesAufnahmen von H.W. Müller in HamburgHarvey Ellis Copyright Label“Huntress” | Harry Hemphill | Drapery DancerHeight and Light – Kathedrale in Bourges  (Frankreich)Vienna Camera Club Exhibition CatalogueSpringCrépusculeOx Cart -Sunset“La Petite Princesse Clair-de-Lune”ConstanceFruits of the EarthCover: In ArcadiaDiptych: Prélude & Une MuseMichel (Étude) The Photographic Times: 1889Child Gazing in Fish BowlMotiv aus SuffolkThe Castle GarthAbend An Den PyramidenAufnahme von R. Demachy in ParisDay DreamsGazalehAn Old SaltStillebenCurtis High School Girl Gathering Dogwood BoughsPortraitAubrey Beardsley, Head Cradled by HandsA Nocturne of New York – Christmas 1915Aufnahme von Docent F. Schmidt in Karlsruhe1908 Kodak Photographic Advertising Contest First Prize Winner, Amateur ClassBackstrip & title page:  Photographische Mitteilungen- 1906KindergruppeThe OrchardPulborough BridgePortraitUntitled Portrait of a HoundToilWaidhofener NinettaDisappointedA Venetian CanalRequiem“I Pays”Sunlit Flower StudyDiptych: The Evening Hour & Coal TiersPortfolio Cover: Eastman Photographic Exhibition 1897«  Stella  »PortraitSir John Frederick William HerschelThe Vendors & the FaithfulCypress Trees on Side of RoadwayEdenSeeking MosesKritikBeautyReveries of a Bachelor

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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