Photography

Overview: This book is a guide to making money through photography in the early 1920s. It emphasizes that anyone can make money with their camera, regardless of their skill level…

Overview: This 1914 catalog from the Canadian Kodak Company, titled “Kodaks and Kodak Supplies,” serves as an advertisement and guide for amateur photographers. It showcases a diverse range of Kodak…

Overview: This 1912 manual, “Bromide Printing and Enlarging,” by John A. Tennant, delves into the intricacies of bromide printing, a technique that offered photographers greater flexibility and control over their…

Overview:  “The Pencil of Nature” is a groundbreaking work that marked the beginning of photographic art. William Henry Fox Talbot, the book’s author, was a pioneer in this field, developing…

Overview: This 1849 text provides a detailed guide to the burgeoning art of photography, focusing primarily on the Daguerreotype and Calotype processes. Snelling meticulously outlines the historical development of photography,…

Overview: Pictorial Photography in America 1922 is a collection of essays and photographic works celebrating the advancement of photography as an art form in the early 20th century. The book…

Overview: “Photographic Amusements” is a comprehensive guide to various photographic techniques and tricks, originally published in 1896 and revised in 1922 by Frank Roy Fraprie. The book assumes a basic…

Overview: Published in 1887, “Photography in the Studio and in the Field” by E.M. Estabrooke provides a comprehensive guide to the art of photography, covering both studio and outdoor practices….

Overview: This 1920 publication, “Pictorial Photography in America,” provides a snapshot of the burgeoning pictorial photography movement in the United States. The book showcases the work of prominent photographers from…