19th Century Photography

Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Garde by Lyle Rexer: The Handbook of Alternative Processes

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Comprehensive analysis of Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Garde by Lyle Rexer—the essential guide to alternative processes, featured artists, and analog…

View from the Window at Le Gras – Nicéphore Niépce’s First Photograph

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View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) is generally regarded as the earliest surviving photograph made with the aid of a camera obscura. Created … Read more

Nadar

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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 – 21 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a pioneering French photographer whose innovative spirit and artistic vision transformed the medium of photography … Read more