Learn about the History of Photography
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A Brief History of Photography: The Beginning
Tutorial • BeginnerLearn how the fascinating technique of photography was created and about the early days of the medium in this complete article.
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Picturing Black History, Part 4: Movements for Civil Rights and Black Power
Tutorial • BeginnerThe Great Migration and the resulting Black Cultural Renaissance opened a new sense of power, and led to the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements: a...
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Picturing Black History, Part 2: The American Civil War and Segregation
Tutorial • BeginnerA photographic history of the Civil War and emancipation, followed by the years of segregation. Part of a series exploring the importance of photographs in...
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Look at This Portrait of Frederick Douglass and His Grandson From 1894
Tutorial • BeginnerTake a closer look at a photo from 1894 showing Frederick Douglass and his grandson, Joseph Douglass, from the National Museum of African American History...
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How to Make a Historical Then-and-Now Picture and Animated GIF
Tutorial • BeginnerThen and now pictures are not only fun to look at to see how an area has changed, they’re also a great way to connect to, and better understand, our history....
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MS Mae Jemison in Spacelab-Japan: a Work Portrait
Tutorial • BeginnerIn 1992, Mission Specialist Mae Jemison flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African-American woman in space: here's a great picture of her.
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Hotshots: Behind Dorothea Lange's Dustbowl
Tutorial • BeginnerLet's go west with Dorothea Lange's crucial depictions of a region in crisis during the 1930's.
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Women in Photography: a Story Still Being Written
Tutorial • BeginnerThe story of women in photography is still a work in progress. It’s not a fairy tale but it’s also not a tragedy. In celebration of International Women’s...
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How to Handle Archival Photos and Documents Properly
Tutorial • BeginnerPrinted photographs are, unfortunately, always degrading. The process of taking a film photograph is a chemical process. When you apply fixer, you slow the...
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The Dramatic Documentary: Telling True Stories with Fact and Feeling
Tutorial • BeginnerDocumentary is, by its nature, non-fiction, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t dramatic. In fact, a good documentary should balance its presentation of facts...
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What is Digital Asset Management and Why Do You Need It?
Tutorial • BeginnerWe are the most photographed generation of time; yet, we may have the fewest photographs available or accessible in the future. If we want to access our...
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How FSA Photography Changed the World
Tutorial • BeginnerIn the middle of President Roosevelt's "New Deal," a group was assembled to fight the effects of poverty among rural areas of the United States during the...
