Photography
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Research Topic Help:
How do I know if I have a comprehensive search?
How do I get the materials I've identified?
Understanding search terminology
How do I identify relevant databases?
Finding Books in the Library Catalog
By Subject Headings
In a subject search use these headings:
Use the name of a photographer as subject or author when searching for books on an individual, e.g., subject: Adams, Ansel or author: Adams, Ansel.
Applied photography |
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions |
For Browsing the Stacks in the Photography Library use these LC classification numbers:
TR is the Library of Congress classification for photography and the beginning of the call number the majority of photography books.
TR1Periodicals |
TR590-TR620Lighting |
Background Information
European Photography Guide 6, c1997. CCP Reference TR12.E8745 1997
All of the categories listed above in the USA Photography Guide but also listings for festivals and fairs! Arranged alphabetically by country.
The Oxford companion to the photograph / edited by Robin Lenman. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
TR9 .O94 2005 CCP Library
The photography encyclopedia / Gloria S. McDarrah, Fred W. McDarrah and Timothy S. McDarrah. New York: Schirmer Books, c1999.
TR9 .M34 1999 CCP Reference
American women photographers: a selected and annotated bibliography / Martha Kreisel. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999. Art reference collection; no. 18
TR139 .K74 1999 CCP Library
Art photography now / Susan Bright. New York: Aperture, 2005.
TR650 .B686 CCP Library
Contemporary photographers / executive editor, Martin Marix Evans,... 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, 1995. Contemporary arts series.
TR139 .C664 CCP Reference
An illustrated bio-bibliography of Black photographers, 1940-1988 / Deborah Willis-Thomas. New York: Garland, 1989. Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 760
TR139 .W55 1989 CCP Reference
International Center of Photography Encyclopedia of Photography, c1984. CCP Reference TR9.I24 1984
An excellent general encyclopedia of photographic terms with illustrations. Includes, too, brief biographical entries for hundreds of the better-known photographers.
A new history of photography / edited by Michel Frizot. Koln: Konemann, 1998.
TR15 .N6813 1998 CCP Oversize
Macmillan biographical encyclopedia of photographic artists & innovators / Turner Browne, Elaine Partnow. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1983.
TR139 .B767 1983 3 copies, two in CCP reference
Photographers: a sourcebook for historical research: featuring Richard Rudisill's Directories of photographers, an annotated bibliography. Rev. 2nd ed. Nevada City, Calif.: Carl Mautz Pub., 2000.
TR15 .P477 1991 CCP Reference and available online UA Only
Photographers encyclopedia ... Michele Auer. Neuchatel [Switzerland]: Ides et calendes, 1997.
TR139 .A94 1985 CCP Library
Photography speaks: 150 photographers on their art / [edited by] Brooks Johnson. New York, N.Y.: Aperture Foundation: [Norfolk, VA]: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2004.
TR185 .P53 2004 CCP Library
PhotoSpeak: a guide to the ideas, movements, and techniques of photography, 1839 to the present / Gilles Mora. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1998.
TR15 .M63 1998 CCP Library
Techniques of the world's great photographers. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1981.
TR139 .T4 1981 CCP Library
USA Photography Guide 3, c1999. CCP Reference TR12.U83 1999
Includes associations, book publishers, critics/historians, fellowships, grants, awards, galleries, museums/collections, periodicals, residencies, schools/colleges/universities, workshops, and a section on photography on the Internet. An excellent sourcebook for most everything.
A world history of photography / Naomi Rosenblum. 3rd ed. New York: Abbeville Press, 1997.
TR15 .R67 1997 CCP Library
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.