Early photography

Gustave Le Gray (1820 – 1884) has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical in...

The photograph precipitated a dramatic change in how we perceive history. Amazing old photos like these can make it seem like you were standing right there during that historical moment.

Gertrude Kasebier took on photography after having studied at the Pratt Institute in New York. A rare female practitioner, she was eager to ...

Meet Dorothy Catherine Draper. This image of the young woman’s face, her dark hair framed by a light bonnet, was created in 1840. Made by Dorothy’s brother, John William Draper, a profe…

Hans Hildenbrand (1870 – 1957) was a German photographer who was famous for taking color photographs during World War I. His French counterpart is considered Jules Gervais-Courtellemont. Hildenbrand was a photographer for National Geographic after the war. Here are old color photos of Italy taken in around 1910s-1930s by Hans Hildenbrand. 1934, Pisa, Italy --- A view of the Leaning Tower of Pisa --- Image by © Hans Hildenbrand/National Geographic Society/Corbis ca. September 1927, Italy…

circa 1880 pb

A list of the first photos of various things. These may be the earliest photos ever captured or the oldest surviving image known.