Wilhelm Röntgen, “Hand with Rings,” a print of one of the first X-ray photographs (shows the left hand of Röntgen’s wife, Anna Bertha Ludwig) (December 22, 1895), albumen photograph (courtesy Röntgen ...

Zhuang Wubin provides a solid framework for critically exploring the region's varied histories and notable practitioners of an oft-unsung medium. The book is the first serious attempt to ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. At least this is true as far as the historical material is concerned. At least this is true as far as the ...

The first wide-ranging exhibition and catalogue to center the contributions of queer artists within the history of photography, “Queer Lens: A History of Photography” takes a sweeping and synthetic ...

For decades, Deborah Willis has dedicated her career to unearthing, cataloging and showcasing Black photographers and photographs of Black people. The MacArthur "Genius Award" winner is the author of ...

Greeley History Museum’s newest exhibit gives visitors the opportunity to take a look through the lens of photography to learn about the art’s technology and history. “Viewfinder: Through the Lens of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Joel Sternfeld’s Domestic workers waiting for the bus, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

Celebrate love at Getty with Queer Lens: A History of Photography, which opened Tuesday and will be on view through Sept. 28, 2025. This is the first major exhibition in the United States to survey ...

In 1932, eleven Bay Area photographers — among them Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams — changed the history of photography. Under the moniker ‘Group f.64’ (named for the smallest ...

In the traditional practice of photography, the darkroom is a sacred space. Designed to accommodate the light-sensitive process of developing a photograph, darkrooms are nurseries for snapshots in ...

On August 19th, the world photography day is celebrated, a fundamental tool for the imagery record of our society. If, on the one hand, photography is the protagonist in dialogues that involve ...

It’s 1951. Aspen just hosted the first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, a room at the Hotel Jerome costs $4 a night, and the ski industry is still in its infancy. According to the curator of ...