The decades following the American Civil War were a time of many firsts. On Dec. 31, 1879, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas ...

When George Shiras published his wildlife photographs in National Geographic it transformed the medium with his novel use of ...

“In Light of Rome” comprehensively explores the contribution made by the cosmopolitan art center to the early history of photography and traces the medium’s rise there that forever changed the way we ...

Sometimes when we look at photos of people from the past, they gaze at the camera with a solemn expression, hardly ever smiling. This, often, leads us to believe centuries ago people weren’t out ...

The relationship between photography and modern medicine is akin to siblings: emerging almost simultaneously in the 19th century, they grew and evolved together, and today, they are more inseparable ...

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has acquired the first ...

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was photography’s first widely recognized artist, making images in a signature soft focus style that remains captivating to this day. Before it was an art, ...

Duffy Sasser first became interested in photography as a boy while working in his father's drug store where cameras were sold. That was in the 1920s. He built a darkroom under his parents' staircase, ...

The Tennessee State Museum’s latest temporary exhibition, "Photography in Tennessee: Early Studios and the Medium’s First Century," opens June 10. The show explores the origins and impact of ...