George Eastman Museum
Lewis Hine: Immigration and the Progressive Era
Lewis Hine documented the conditions of life during the industrial development of America. His photographs show the impact of both child labor and immigration.
George Eastman Museum
Photographs of the Great Depression
These images walk a fine line between documentary photography and propaganda. Nonetheless, they tell a story of a dark period in American history.
George Eastman Museum
African Americans: Black History Through Photography
A collection of photographs from the Eastman House collection. They include portraits of important figures who shaped American history, as well as many other African Americans, whose names are unknown.
University of Chicago
American Environmental Photographs 1891 1936
An interesting site that shows early photographs by Henry Chandler Cowles and George Damon Fuller and others. The images range from ecological settings to the consequences of human changes to the environment.
Other
360 Cities: World Panoramic Photography
Explore the world's cities and environments through panoramic photography. Includes a video explaining how to shoot a panorama. Explore by delving into the world map, a themed set, editors' picks, or an expert photographer's portfolio.
George Eastman Museum
Photographers of the American West
Original pictures of Westward expansion. Great activities and discussion questions for cross-curricular learning.
Library of Congress
Loc: Panoramic Photographs
Enjoy this collection of over 4,000 panoramic photographs of America from 1851-1991. Each of the 50 states is represented as well as several foreign countries and U.S. territories. Highlights of the collection include disasters, sports,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Photos From the Scene of the Crime
National Public Radio tells the story of the traveling display of LAPD archived photos from crime scenes as early as the 1920s, some of them "Wonderfully cinematic."
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Speed of Moving Objects With Stroboscopic Photography
A strobe light can illuminate an entire room in just tens of microseconds. Inexpensive strobe lights can flash up to 10 or 20 times per second. This project shows you how to use stroboscopic photography to analyze motion.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Photography and Truth
Photography plays an essential role in anthropology. Draw from these materials to assist in illustrating this role.
Other
Weather Photography
Source of information on the subject of weather photography. There are great links, images and tips on equipment to use. For the intermediate to advanced photographer.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: Still Life
Enter the J. Paul Getty Museum to visit the exhibition, Still Life. This exhibition takes a new look at still life by examining the genre as portrayed in photography. Many examples from the 19th, 20th, and even 21st centuries are shown,...
Other
Cambridge University: Image Types Tutorial
This helpful tutorial on image types primarily focuses on JPEG and TIFF images and discusses compression as well as image format.
Media College
Media College: Types of Photography
List of common types of photography. Includes descriptions of each type. Some of the types listed are linked to more complete descriptions and provide example photographs.
Library of Congress
Loc: America From the Great Depression to World War Ii
Follow the documentation of a nation through photographs from the FSA-OWI that spanned the years of 1935-1945. You can choose to view either black and white or color images. Find pictures by a keyword search of the collection or browse...
Other
Digital Imaging in Education
This resource is a 15-page PDF that gives a good history of the shift from film to digital photography and applications for digital imaging in the classroom. Included are nine lesson plans which include project ideas, guidelines for...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Albert Bisbee
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Albert Bisbee is described here along with information on his contributions to art as a daguerreotypist with his work, "History and Practice of Daguerreotyping."
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Stroud
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Stroud is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography, and his work with daguerreotypes.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Anna K. Weaver
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Anna K. Weaver is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with photograms, a sort of photographic image resembling cross-stitch.