Photography

AV Photo Finder - Want to find pictures of elephant seals on the Web? This excellent photo search engine will help.
Cool Site: November 1998

The Amazing Picture Machine - Have you ever spent hours online in a frustrating search for that perfect picture? No more; find pictures of penguins or pachyderms with this site's image search engine. This is a useful, time-saving tool.
Cool Site: April 1998

Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs 1851-1991 - This site is a huge, detailed history and archive of panoramic photographs in America. Over 4,000 images, provided by the Library of Congress.
Cool Site: March 1998

Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History - A collection of online exhibitions. The newest one, "Of Bricks and Light: Architectural Photographs 1845-1915" is interesting and some of the photographs are quite beautiful.
Cool Site: February 1998

Eadweard Muybridge of Kingston Upon Thames - Learn about this photographer who is called "the father of the motion picture." The site contains a number of interesting photos, which you can click on to see up close. You'll also learn about Muybridge's fascinating and tragic life.
Cool Site: January 1998

The Daguerreian Society - An interesting collection of pages on the daguerreotype, a type of early photography. The site includes a gallery, history, links, and other relevant information.
Cool Site: October 1997

Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden - Amazing x-ray photographs that show the inner beauty of flowers. The "Gallery" is great, although I wish there was more information on how these photographs were taken.
Cool Site: October 1997

Expose: Beginners Guide to Photography- Learn the basic concepts of modern photography. Check out the "Sim-Cam"--you can adjust the camera and see the results on your computer screen.
Cool Site: September 1997

Vanishing Nevada - An interesting collection of photographs all taken over the course of a week while exploring Nevada's Great Basin. This site does a great job "documenting a legacy of dreams, hard life, and the stark beauty of Nevada."
Cool Site: June 1997

Sight Photography -Updated monthly, this on-line photo e-zine has interesting features and reviews. The "Time and Place" section has photographs submitted from readers.
Cool Site: November 1996

Time Exposure/ William Henry Jackson -This site describes itself as "The on-line bibliography of web-based information about William Henry Jackson." Jackson was one of America's foremost photographers of the early West.
Cool Site: August 1996

Digital Photography '96 -An excellent collection of digital photography. There are 45 images from 38 artists.
Cool Site: July 1996

New York Public Library Photograph Collection -Highlights of the collection's holdings include the Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, the Spalding Baseball Collection, the Pageant of America Collection, and a major collection of the works of Berenice Abbott. Cool Site: March 1996


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