Collectors relish so-called “hidden mother photographs” as historical oddities. These 19th-century images contain very young ...

They are prisoners of memory locked behind a fence, looking out at those whose names and faces are remembered, for the time being, at least. For the past several months, I have passed them twice daily ...

The innovation of photography amazed people at the end of the 19th century. They took photos of everything. The typical conceit of wealthy 19th-century families in the Gilded Age allowed them the ...

But by the time photography became popular in America in the mid-19th century and photographers and researchers armed with cameras began appearing in Amish communities, most Amish objected to ...

By the end of the nineteenth century, photographic images — by ... Since then, the role of photography in science has only grown. Why have scientists always regarded photography so highly?

August 19 is recognized as“World Photography Day” in many countries, celebrating one of humanity's most significant ...

This is thought to be one of the earliest known photographs capturing a group of tourists on Athens's Acropolis, taken around ...

Collectors relish so-called “hidden mother photographs” as historical oddities. These 19th-century images contain very young children held still by half-obscured adults who crouch behind chairs or ...