Photography
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Web Resources:
American Memory, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
More than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical Library of Congress collections. The primary source and archival materials relating in the project cover topics from art and architecture to performing arts to technology and applied sciences.
American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/
5,000 images from daguerreotype portraits to Ansel Adams.
Includes Associated Press's current-year photo report and a selection from a 50-million image print and negative library dating from 1844-present. Currently contains about 700,000 photos, most of which are contemporary images made since late 1995.
Art History Resources on the Web: Photography
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHprints.html
A major listing of photography-related websites compiled by Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Professor, Dept of Art History, Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside
Search their permanent or recent acquisitions, with digital images.
George Eastman House Photography Collections Online
A digital image sampling from their collection, searchable by photographer, subject, type, etc.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/index.html
Collection of more than 1500 images from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Photography Collection.
International Center of Photography
MOAC, Museums and Online Archive of California
http://www.cdlib.org/hlp/directory/moac.html
Selection of images from 7 California museums and libraries. Includes the Dorothea Lange collection, Oakland Museum, among other photographs. [Note: This collection is part of the UC Image Service and can be viewed in two ways: the Insight Browser allows users to view the collection using a web browser; the Luna Insight software provides greater functionality but must be downloaded.]
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
Provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
PhotoForum's List of Photo Web Pages
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/webpages.html
A gateway site compiled by Andrew Davidhazy, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. Grouped into 12 sub-directories, including museums, galleries, exhibitions, and cultural institutions; and photographic societies and associations.
Founded in 1981, and reorganized in 2000 as an online resource center, Women in Photography International serves the needs of photographers, photo educators, photography students, gallery owners and photographic organizations around the world. In keeping with our mission, we promote the visibility of women photographers and their work through a variety of programs, exhibitions, juried competitions and publications. As an educational nonprofit organization, Women in Photography International perpetuates this tradition by providing member benefits that accommodate changing interests and needs as we head into our third decade as a resource for the international photographic community.
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