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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Every Picture Has a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents "Every Picture Has a Story". Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students examine some of the millions of photographs in the Smithsonian. This amazing teaching package comes...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit documents the life and work of early twentieth-century New York portrait photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf, who broke with many of the conventions of portraiture and, thereby, attracted the attention of prominent artistic, literary,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady's Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition of photographic portraits taken by Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady, who made portraits of many illustrious Americans on both sides of the conflict before, during, and after the war. Includes an animated explanation of...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Civil War@smithsonian

For Students 9th - 10th
Access to the Smithsonian's extensive collections that document the American Civil War.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Lksd Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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Other

Close Up

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show of "big head" photography by Martin Schoeller. Famous faces include American celebs like Brad Pitt and Brittany Spears mixed in with some unknown strangers.
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University of California

Hearst Museum of Anthropology: The World in a Frame

For Students 9th - 10th
View representative works from the early decades of photography, 1865 to 1915, during one of the world's periods of extended travel. Discover how the invention of photography opened eyes to Native American, Japanese, and Middle Eastern...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Edward Steichen Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery features an exciting collection of portraits by the former chief photographer of Conde Nast Publications which include "Vanity Fair" magazine, Edward Steichen.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Portraiture Now: Feature Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
The Portraiture Now exhibition focuses on six contemporary portratit photographers whose work is often seen in feature publications such as the "New Yorker," "Esquire," and the "New York Times Magazine." View their work and learn what...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf:

For Students 9th - 10th
From the National Portrait Gallery this exhibit provides information about Zaida Ben Yusuf, a London born photographer who settled in the United States in 1895. At the forefront of portrait photography, Ben-Yusuf photographed people from...
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BBC

Bbc: Art Sixties Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
See images of famous and unknown faces from the 1960s. All black and white images by various photographers.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Van Vechten was a photographer between 1932 and 1964. Here the LOC provides his portrait photography work of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance as well as a small collection of his American landscapes.
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Rudiments of Wisdom

Rudiments of Wisdom: Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about photography in a unique way. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Doris Ulmann

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Doris Ulmann is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her portrait photography.