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PhotographyDictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Indexes General History Criticism Technique Selected Databases Selected Journals Websites Additional Resources Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and IndexesThe Photography Encyclopedia, [TR9.M39 1999]. Contains mostly biographical and glossary entries with some sections on awards, galleries and museums, magazines, films, book reviews, and a time line. American Women Photographers: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography, [TR139.K745 1999]. Provides many sources for further study as well as reproductions. Index to American Photographic Collections: Compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, [TR12.E85 1990]. Can search by collection or by work. International Photography: George Eastman House, Index to Photographers, Collections and Exhibitions, [TR12.E85 1998]. 3 volumes. Contemporary Photographers, [TR139.C66 1982]. Can search by photographer's name. Volume provides biographical, exhibition, and collection information. A recent edition is in Davis Library Reference. PhotoSpeak: A Guide to the Ideas, Movements, and Techniques of Photography 1839 to the Present, [TR15.M63 1999]. Offers descriptions of techniques, styles and movements, and addresses issues related to interpretation, acquisition and display. General HistoryThe following books are located in the general stacks unless otherwise indicated. Most photography books are located in the TR section downstairs. For more in-depth information on a particular movement, theme, or region, consult the bibliographies of the books listed below. Photography books are also located in Davis Library. Recent books have been emphasized. Seizing the Light: A History of Photography, [TR15.H557 2000]. Discusses the daguerreotype, calotype, wet-plate process, Pictorialism, modernism, and photographs as social documents. The History of Photography: an Overview, [TR15.D25 1999]. Discusses topics such as portraiture, photography and social culture, landscape, and photojournalism. A New History of Photography, [TR15.N6813 1998]. Contains 41 essays on different aspects of photography. The Photograph, [TR15.C566]. Easily accessible discussion of how we read photographs and of different subjects that are frequently photographed. A World History of Photography, [TR15.R67 1984]. Presents photography's broad applications, articulates the relationship of photography and urban/industrial developments, and discusses the transformation of the visual arts. Photography from 1839 to Today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, [TR6.U62 R63 1999 Ref.]. Includes reproductions from the Eastman Collection. Proposes ways to approach the collection for pleasure and scholarship. CriticismOver Exposed: Essays on Contemporary Photography, [TR642.O94 1999]. Essays by photographers, critics, and cultural historians who examine issues of representation, sexual politics, public policy, and cultural activism. Depth of Field: Essays on Photography, Mass Media and Lens Culture, [TR187.C63 1998]. A compilation of essays by a critic and historian of photography who examines a range of issues, including the impact of the lens on western culture. The Camerawork Essays: Context and Meaning in Photography,[TR187.C36 1997]. Articles from the journal Camerawork by John Berger, John Tagg, Victor Burgin, and others. The Contest of Meaning: Critical Histories of Photography, [TR642.C66 1989]. A volume of fourteen essays that suggest new ways to explain the history of photography, social consequences, sexual difference, class, nationality, and photographic truth. Camera Lucida, [TR642.B3713 1981]. Roland Barthes' last book. A exploration of the effects photographs can have on the viewer. On Photography, [TR183.S375 1998] Susan Sontag. Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism in 1977. A pivotal text for photography studies. TechniqueThe Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography, [TR14.6.S375 1998]. Presents Adams' approach to creative photography. Mastering the Basics of Photography, [TR146.M24 2001]. Covers technical points. Discusses light, flash, composition, editing, and printing. Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms, [Tr9.B35 1991]. A glossary of terms relating to photography and its processes. Selected Databases
Art Full Text Selected JournalsLocated on the first floor of the Sloane Art Library.
Aperture E-Journals
Afterimage WebsitesThe American Museum of Photography is a virtual museum with a research center, information about photographic processes, exhibitions, and links to other resources. The American Photographic Historical Society contains online gallery and many links to sites on the history of photography. The Ansel Adams Center for Photography. The California Museum of Photography at Riverside has a searchable museum collection. The site also includes webworks and projects in digital art. The Center for Contemporary Photography contains index to photographers with a list of images in the collection. The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The Center for Photography at Woodstock provides links to other photography organizations and galleries. The Daguerreian Society includes virtual galleries and information about the process and history of the daguerrotype. The George Eastman House--International Museum of Photography and Film includes links to exhibitions, photography, motion picture, and technology collections. A History of Photography provides a summary of the history of photography, a bibliography, and extensive biographies for photographers. The Houston Center for Photography contains links to other galleries and museums as well as images from past exhibitions. The International Center of Photography is a museum and school aiming to present photography's vital and central place in contemporary culture. The Library of Congress
Prints and
Photographs Division.
The Light Factory, which is
located in Charlotte, offers a limited search of its
slide registry and links to other photography
centers. The Masters of
Photography includes images, articles, and other
resources for a limited group of
photographers. The Museum of Photographic
Arts. The New York Public
Library's
photography collections includes online
collections and exhibitions. The
Photographic Archives of the University of
Louisville. The Photographic Resource
Center at Boston University has a searchable
database of photographs by artists who are members of
the PRC. The San Francisco Camera
Work, a non-profit organization that communicates
ideas about contemporary photographs. Can search
journal from website. The
Smithsonian's photography page with links to
other resources and online exhibitions. The Women in
Photography Archive contains small gallery of
images, essays, and a bibliography of work on women
photographers. The Voice of the
Shuttle: Photography Page contains links to
general resources, galleries and museums,
photographers, works and projects, theory and
criticism, journals, and listservs. Photographers
Encyclopedia International on CD-ROM. This CD-ROM version of the earlier
print edition has the advantage of searching by
combined terms, and includes 37,000 photographers
from the beginnings of the medium to the present.
There is also a lexicon of photographic terms, and
5900 images, along with bibliographies, biographies,
and addresses. A guide to using the CD-ROM is located
next to the workstation. The
AccuNet/AP Photo Archive is a database of
approximately 500,000 current and archived photos
from the Associated Press's 50 million image print
and negative library. To find additional
resources, search the library's online catalog or
browse the TR section of the Art Library (located on
the first floor, close to the elevator) and also
Davis Library. Also consult periodical or newspaper
indexes online (
Art Full Text,
BHA,
Grove Dictionary of Art Online,
America: History and Life, etc.) Additional
resources are the artist files and/or group
exhibition files located at the east end of the first
floor. For primary source
research in photography, visit the Photographic
Archives in Wilson Library, a collection of more
than 400,000 photographs from the daguerreotype to
the contemporary, with an emphasis on North
Carolina. The following course guides may also
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