History of Photography Podcast

The cyanotype was one of the earliest photographic processes and with its rich, blue color, remains one of the most beau... Read more

The Kodak Brownie camera was one of the most popular cameras in the history of photography. The Brownie popularized low-... Read more

When light sensitive material is exposed to light, a chemical change happens, but this change isn’t necessarily visible.... Read more

The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view ... Read more

Tina Modotti (1896 – 1942) was an Italian photographer who was most active in Mexico between 1923 and 1930. Known for he... Read more

John Szarkowski’s book Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art is one of th... Read more

Photographer Gordon Parks, born 1912 and died 2006, was one of the most important figures of twentieth century photograp... Read more

Photographer James Van Der Zee was active from the 1920s through the late 1970s, working primarily in his native Harlem ... Read more

When the exhibition The Family of Man opened in January of 1955, 60 years ago this month, visitors were greeted by more ... Read more

Photographer Lisette Model, born in Vienna, Austria in 1901 and died 1983,  was an important street photographer of the ... Read more