Thousands of Photos Showing Arizona Before it Became a US State are Now Publicly Available
Thousands of photographs showing Arizona in the early 20th century before it became the 48th state have been made available to the public.
Historic Photos of Rainy Days as April Showers Hit the United States
With plenty of rain falling across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week and more forecast, the Library of Congress put out a timely selection of historic photos of precipitation.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Discusses Capturing Iconic Trump Arrest Photo
On April 4, 2023, former President Donald Trump arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court for his arraignment. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Michael Santiago was there waiting and he shares his thoughts on capturing the historic moment.
100 Years of TIME Magazine Through Some of its Iconic Cover Photos
TIME Magazine is turning 100 years old on March 3, 2023, and to celebrate, the publication is looking back on some of its most iconic covers which have frequently featured awe-inspiring photography.
Sunken Medieval Boat is England’s Oldest Ever Shipwreck
A medieval shipwreck found off the coast of southern England has been declared the country's oldest ever.
Getty Opens Access to 30,000 Historical Images of Black Diaspora
Getty Images will allow access to 30,000 rarely seen images of the Black diaspora in the United Kingdom and the United States that date back to the 19th century.
Oskar Barnack’s Leica Sells for $15M, is Now World’s Priciest Camera
The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction has concluded with the sale of the most expensive camera ever. Oskar Barnak's Leica 0-Series No. 105 sold for nearly five times the highest estimation: over $15 million.
Footage of 11-Year-Old Prince Found in News Station Archives
Rare footage of the late and legendary American singer-songwriter Prince giving a news interview as a then-unknown 11-year-old child has been discovered in the archives of a Minnesota news station.
Oskar Barnack’s 1923 0-Series Leica May Fetch $3.2M at Auction
Leica has announced the return of the Leitz Photographica Auction, the world's largest auction of historic cameras that will be held for the 40th time and celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a special piece this year -- the Leica 0-Series No. 105, produced in 1923 and owned by Leica inventor Oskar Barnack himself.
See 150 Years of Yellowstone National Park in Photos
Yellowstone National Park was established as the United States' first national park in 1872. To celebrate its 150th year, National Geographic has published a series of photos captured over that time of what is often called America's Wonderland.
Historic Glass Plate Photos Sold as NFTs, Buyer Told to ‘Smash’ Originals
An auction house in New Zealand has paired two historical glass plate photographs taken of artist Charles Goldie with NFTs of the pieces and suggests the buyers make the photos "permanently digital" by destroying originals.
The Story Behind Los Angeles’s Rare Lightning Storm Photos
My name is Emeric Le Bars and this is the story of how I captured some insane, extremely rare photos of a lightning storm in Los Angeles, without really planning anything.
This Photo from 1840 is One of the Earliest Portraits Taken in America
Some of the earliest photographic portraits taken in America were recently discovered in an unheated shed on Long Island. The historically significant find contains photographs from some of the first experiments with the daguerreotype process.
Historic Australian Photo Print Archive to be Auctioned Along with NFTs
Advertised as a world's first, an Australian auction house has announced the sale of "Australia's most significant photographic collection," which will be accompanied by NFTs that will provide proof of ownership alongside the physical negatives.
23 Years Later: Reviewing the 1998 Classic Nikon Coolpix 900
In 1998, Nikon launched the COOLPIX 900, the company’s third digital camera but arguably its first designed with photographers in mind. The previous COOLPIX 100 and 300 may have had the honor of being Nikon’s first digital cameras, but those 1997 models were firmly in the computer peripheral camp.
Reviewing Canon’s First Consumer Digital Camera 25 Years Later
Canon’s first consumer digital camera was the PowerShot 600, which launched in 1996 and sports a fixed 50mm equivalent lens, half a megapixel of resolution, and a surprisingly large body. It cost just shy of a grand at the time and was the debut of the PowerShot series.
25 Years Later: Revisiting the DSC-F1, Sony’s First Digital Camera
Back in 1996, Sony launched its first consumer digital camera, the DSC-F1. It had one-third of a Megapixel, four megabytes of built-in memory, a 1.8-inch screen, and a lens housing that could rotate 180 degrees for comfortable waist-level shooting or selfies.
NASA Astronaut Who Captured All of Humanity in a Single Photo Has Died
NASA astronaut Michael Collins has passed away at the age of 90. Collins is most well known for a photo he took of the lunar module containing both Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong in front of the Earth, which captures all of humanity, alive and dead, in a single photo. That is, other than himself.
Take a Trip Back in Time Via Colorized Footage From a Day in 1920s Paris
Travel back in time to Paris during the roaring '20s featuring flappers, bobbed hair, and cloche hats in this short 2-minute archival video colorized by Glamourdaze. The video was created using artificial intelligence to restore the footage and add color.
NASA Shares Photos from ‘Touch-and-Go’ with Asteroid Bennu 200 Million Miles Away
On Tuesday, October 20th, NASA made history when the OSIRIS-REx mission successfully completed a "touch-and-go" sample collection maneuver with asteroid 101955 Bennu over 200 million miles away from Earth. And now, we have the timelapse to prove it.
Sotheby’s to Auction Off Massive Ansel Adams Collection, Including $1M Print
Sotheby's has announced plans to auction off one of the most impressive collections of Ansel Adams' work in existence. On December 14th, over 100 of the legendary photographer's most iconic photos will be sold, headlined by an early print of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico that is expected to fetch between $700,000 and $1,000,000 by itself.
This 140-Year-Old Metal Bird is the Origin of the Phrase ‘Watch the Birdie!’
Professional wet plate photographer Markus Hofstätter is obviously fond of historical photography processes. But his latest video doesn't actually involve taking any photos; instead, he's restoring a 140-year-old chirping brass bird that is thought to be the origin of the phrase "watch the birdie."
This Leica ‘Rifle’ is Expected to Sell for $250,000 at Leitz Photographica
On November 21st, the 37th Annual Leitz Photographica Auction will take place in Vienna and online. And while the full catalog hasn't been published yet, Leica has unveiled a few "highlights" for collectors to drool over between now and the big day.
This Colorized Footage of a Snowball Fight Filmed in 1886 is Captivating
Just a few days before multiple historians went on the record with WIRED to explain why people shouldn't be colorizing old footage and photos, yet another video that does exactly that went viral online. This time, the subject was the iconic film 'Bataille de boules de neige' from 1886.
Cambridge Uploads Powerful Archive of Photos by Jewish Doctor Exiled by Hitler
The Cambridge Digital Library recently uploaded a powerful collection of images captured by Albert Eckstein in the 1930s. Eckstein, a German Jewish doctor, was exiled by Hitler and the Nazi party in 1935 and he chose to spend his exile in Turkey helping to fight the scourge of infant mortality in the country's poorest communities.
The British Museum Just Put 1.9 Million Images Online for Public Use
Earlier this week, the British Museum made nearly 2 million high-resolution photographs and images of artifacts within their collection available to the public, allowing you to download and use the images under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Behind the Scenes: Shooting Wet Plate Portraits of the Cast of Little Women
Now these are some cast portraits we can really get behind. On-set photographer Wilson Webb recently got the chance to photograph the entire cast of Best Picture nominee Little Women, but instead of shooting glitzy studio portraits, he decided to stay historically accurate and capture wet plate collodion portraits instead.
Unsplash Adds Hundreds of Historic Photos from Library of Congress, NYPL, and Others
Late last week, controversial free stock photography website Unsplash announced that the Library of Congress, CDC, the New York Public Library and 10 other major institutions would be adding hundreds of scientific and historic images from their collection to the site's archive.
Original NASA ‘Red Number’ Prints Up for Auction, Expected to Fetch Thousands per Photo
As we wrap up 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969, Sotheby's has one more NASA-themed auction up their sleeve. Launched yesterday, the Space Photography auction includes over 100 original NASA "red number" prints, including some of the most iconic images to come out of the US space program.
Historic Print Collection Including Rare Negative of Hiroshima Bombing is Selling for $2 Million on eBay
There's an unbelievable auction currently live on eBay that might rank as the most expensive item we've ever seen on the site. Uncovered by the folks over at The Phoblographer, the auction is offering hundreds of historic WWII prints, a Kodak Pocket camera, and an extremely rare negative of the Hiroshima bombing, all for the whopping buy-it-now price of $2,000,000.33.