«The Boxer Rebellion was a violent uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901. It was initiated by the Militia United…
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Pascuala Corana was not a photographer, she had a broad interest and curiosity for people, colors, textiles and worms. In the 1960’s when travelling her country, she experimented with new…
Stephen Geoffray, son of Antoine Geoffray, confectioner in Roanne was born on April 17, 1827. In English both names Étienne and Stéphane are translated in Stephen.…
21 April 2016. 21 April 1860. One of the very first photography auctions was held exactly 156 years ago to the day. It comprised two lots: the apparatus and prints…
«Stephen C. Pinson earned his PhD degree from Harvard University in 2002 with a dissertation on Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre that forms the nucleus of this […]…
Born on April 1, 1828, Étienne Carjat was younger than both Nadar and Baudelaire by about eight years. Political ideas were never far from his mind throughout his life; he was…
Telloh was the first Sumerian site to be extensively excavated, at first under the French vice-consul at Basra, Ernest de Sarzec, from 1877 to 1900, followed by his successor Gaston…
Alexander Grinberg (Aleksandr Danilovich Grinberg, Александр Данилович Гринберг, 1885–1979) was a Russian and Soviet photographer. In 1908 he was awarded the silver medal in the all-Russian photo exhibition in Moscow…
During the Thomas Walther Object — Photo exhibition at MOMA, the projection of Joris Ivens’ 15 minutes documentary Regen (Rain), 1929, made still a sensation.…
On a December morning, two somewhat hesitant people stood on the sidewalk of the Boulevard Haussmann, looking for a pop-up gallery we had opened for a period of six months…