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Ebony and Ivory, Holland Day and Stieglitz

Ebony and Ivory, Holland Day and Stieglitz

1899

Baldus’s Louvre Photogravures

Baldus’s Louvre Photogravures

1869

Early Rendering of the Daguerreotype for Science

Early Rendering of the Daguerreotype for Science

1843

Lemercier and Lithophotography

Lemercier and Lithophotography

1852

Abelardo Morell’s Water / Fern / Ink

Abelardo Morell’s Water / Fern / Ink

2019

Doris Ulmann’s Roll Jordan Roll

Doris Ulmann’s Roll Jordan Roll

1933

Niépce and Famille des Varaniens

Niépce and Famille des Varaniens

1853

Adam Fuss ‘My Ghost’

Adam Fuss ‘My Ghost’

2003

Vignes, Sauvaire, Placet, Nègre and the Duc de Luynes

Vignes, Sauvaire, Placet, Nègre and the Duc de Luynes

1865-1871

Nègre’s “Essais”

Nègre’s “Essais”

1854

Annan’s Tests

Annan’s Tests

1890

Who is Hendrik Faure?

Who is Hendrik Faure?

2011

Man Ray’s Électricité

Man Ray’s Électricité

1931

Berchtold’s Solution

Berchtold’s Solution

1857

Les Nus de Drtikol

Les Nus de Drtikol

1929

Roy Decarava 5 Men

Roy Decarava 5 Men

1990

P.H. Emerson’s Marsh Leaves

P.H. Emerson’s Marsh Leaves

1895

Fizeau’s Test

Fizeau’s Test

1840

Camera Notes

Camera Notes

1897

Alfred Stieglitz & Camera Work

Alfred Stieglitz & Camera Work

1903

Paul Strand’s Photographs of Mexico

Paul Strand’s Photographs of Mexico

1940