Posts Tagged ‘ History ’
American Falls in winter, Niagara Falls, New York, a photo by Art Matters on Flickr. In the spirit of winter here in Canada, I thought I’d share this lovely vintage photograph of the Niagara Falls in winter taken by Alexander Henderson in the late 1870s. Currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario, this work is an [ READ MORE ]
While conducting an inventory of the AGO‘s Eisenstaedt prints the other day, I was reminded about how much I enjoy his photography and the influence he had in American popular culture through his iconic Life Magazine images. The first time I really began to appreciate Eisenstaedt’s body of work was at the AGO’s Ansel Adams/ Alfred Eisenstaedt show, [ READ MORE ]
As someone who works in the Museum industry, specifically focused on collections information, I am always searching for creative and highly interactive ways for creating access to the world’s museum collections. I have been looking into Google’s lastest venture, the Google Art Project, an exciting concept that presents detailed views of art work from the top museums. Using the [ READ MORE ]
Clicking up the pieces. I’ve been meaning to post a link to this Times of India article, written last summer. The article discusses the current situation of the Bourne and Shepherd studio, the oldest photography studio in the world, and still in operation. A fire tore through the inventory of negatives in 1991, and the [ READ MORE ]
Interesting research project involving the use of emerging digital technologies to reanimate ethnographic items in museum collections. http://projects.beyondtext.ac.uk/reanimatingculturalheritage/index.php[ READ MORE ]
I have finally uploaded an article that I wrote for the Royal Photographic Society Journal in England (published in February 2010), discussing a group of seven albums assembled by British photographer Samuel Bourne, which provide significant insight into 19th century colonial photography in India. Colonial Legacy PDF (RPS Journal Article, February 2010)[ READ MORE ]
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