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

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 ...

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?

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 ...

Photography became a part of public life in the mid-19th century, especially during the Civil War, when photographers documented American battlefields for the first time. Experimenting with ways ...

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

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 ...