American Museum of Photography -- Daguerreotypes to Modernism - The photographs on display are selected from the collection of William B. Becker, who also serves as the Museum's director. Becker's collection is strongest in the first 75 years of photography, 1839 to World War I. The exhibit includes five thousand individual images, from the earliest daguerreotype portraits through the first color photographs. Some of the current exhibitions feature architectural photographs; cartes de visite, the small card photographs extremely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century; and a set of silver prints made in the 1930s. "At Ease" consists of a group of daguerreotype portraits compiled to contradict the notion that all sitters in old photographs look stiff and uncomfortable.

Ansel Adams Home Page

Art Museum Network - "The official website of the world's leading art museums."

Bishop Museum's Ethnology Database -- includes more than 70,000 objects from throughout the Pacific region. Photographs and detailed information are available for more than 400 cultural objects.

Hays Photography (Denver, CO)

The Jazz Photography of Ray Avery

Kodak - Eastman Kodak Co. presents a colorful site featuring information on digital imaging and photo technology.

NAIL Data - Site consists of the fifteenth batch of digitized documents and photos added to the National Archive and Record Administration's Archival Information Locator (NAIL) These new additions include 194 photos related to the Vietnam War, 52 multi-page documents concerning the fall of South Vietnam, a number of selected files from desegregation and discrimination cases, Joint Chiefs of Staff Central Files 1962-1963, and maps Relating to the Civil War and more.

Masters of Photography

New York Public Library Picture Collection Online -- over 30,000 digitized, public-domain images from books, postcards, magazines, etc.

Photo Perspectives - A museum for the photographic examination of contemporary society and culture.

Photo Sights - Photography websites.

Photolinks - Photography resources.

Photography via Galaxy -

Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography from the National Archives -- collection includes photos by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and others.

Pinhole Photography

Places of Peace and Power - Martin Gray, an anthropologist with a keen interest in sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions, created this site to share photographs and descriptions of some of the 900 sacred sites in 40 countries that he has visited. Gray's interpretation of "sacred site" is not bounded by any particular religion or creed, and along with sites that one would expect such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mecca, and Dome of the Rock, users will find photos and descriptions of Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Devil's Tower, and Easter Island. Text passages vary in length according to the site, but all are well-written and informative. Additional resources at the site include several chapters and the bibliography from Gray's book and a collection of briefly annotated related links.

Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection 1903-1980 -- from the Utah State Historical Society, this collection spans the professional work of three generations of photographers.  Searchable.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Historical Photos -- photos of agriculture, machinery, business, landscapes, etc. from 1937-1943.

The South Texas Border, 1900-1920  - Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection (American Memory, Library of Congress) This site is the newest addition to the American memory Collection and features over 8,000 photos by commercial photographer Robert Runyon (1881-1968), a longtime resident of South Texas. Representing his life work, these photos "document the history and development of South Texas and the border, including the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. military presence at Fort Brown and along the border prior to and during World War I, and the growth and development of the Rio Grande Valley." Users may search the collection by keyword or browse by subject. (quotes from the Web site)

Time.com Photo Essays - "TIME.com photo essays cover the world, from the Balkans to the environmental disaster of the Aral Sea, from the tragedies of the Kennedy family to Ricky Martin's vida loca."

Time Inc. Picture Collection - Here users can view and appreciate one of the most extraordinary collections of photographs in the world. An initial free registration is required, and after that users need only log on to gain access to over 22 million images, including illustrations, prints, and photographs. Archival materials from many popular magazines are available here. In addition, the new Mansell Collection includes extraordinary holdings of engraved illustrations, lithographs, and drawings predating the advent of photography. Contains key word search function.

Tuan's Photography Page

War Relocation Authority Campus in Arizona - Images from photographs taken for the War Relocation Authority depicting life in Arizona's two camps which housed relocated Japanese-Americans during Word War II.

Others:

Burns Archive - Collection of over 700,000 vintage photographs specializing in medical and historical images. Services offered include stock photograph licensing, research, and creation of exhibitions and documentaries.

Images of the World - Online collection of photographs documenting people and landscapes around the world.

Women of Our Time - Visit this beautifully designed interactive gallery from the National Portrait gallery to explore photographs of some of twentieth-century America's famous and influential women.

Sebastião Salgado - Brazilian documentary photographer, Sebastião Salgado is "someone who believes in not only witnessing what is going on in the world, but helping to reflect on its problems." common humanity.

The Sports Page - "The Keystone-Mast Collection, preserved at UCR California Museum of Photography, holds a vast resource of stereoscopic images made all over the world in the decades around the turn of the century. Among its many treasures are images depicting the exhilarating world of sports."

Look at Me - This site is a collection of found photos. Some were found on the street, others were bought cheap at a flea market. They’re interesting and mysterious.

New York City: After the Fall - This site combines audio, text, sound, and motion beautifully. It is a thoughtful presentation about the psychological aftermath of September 11th in New York City.

Celestial Images - A collection of astrophography by John Gleason. John has been working for many years to perfect astro imaging with film and he is highly regarded as one of the best in the field.


Kite Aerial Photography - It's hard to imagine that such beautiful photographs were taken using a kite! Go see the pictures and learn about the equipment used to take them!

Albumen Photographs: History, Science, and Preservation - What role did eggs play in the history of photography? Find out through the videos, photos and articles on this site. Through these features you will explore the art, history, and preservation of albumen photographs.

AV Photo Finder - Want to find pictures of elephant seals on the Web? This excellent photo search engine will help.

The Amazing Picture Machine - Have you ever spent hours online in a frustrating search for that perfect picture? No more; find pictures of penguins or pachyderms with this site's image search engine. This is a useful, time-saving tool.

Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs 1851-1991 - This site is a huge, detailed history and archive of panoramic photographs in America. Over 4,000 images, provided by the Library of Congress.

Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History - A collection of online exhibitions. The newest one, "Of Bricks and Light: Architectural Photographs 1845-1915" is interesting and some of the photographs are quite beautiful.

Edweard Muybridge of Kingston Upon Thames - Learn about this photographer who is called "the father of the motion picture." The site contains a number of interesting photos, which you can click on to see up close. You'll also learn about Muybridge's fascinating and tragic life.

The Daguerreian Society - An interesting collection of pages on the daguerreotype, a type of early photography. The site includes a gallery, history, links, and other relevant information.

Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden - Amazing x-ray photographs that show the inner beauty of flowers. The "Gallery" is great, although I wish there was more information on how these photographs were taken.

Expose: Beginners Guide to Photography - Learn the basic concepts of modern photography. Check out the "Sim-Cam"--you can adjust the camera and see the results on your computer screen.

Ginger Baker The Best Drummer Worldwide - Large collection of photographs and album covers.

Vanishing Nevada - An interesting collection of photographs all taken over the course of a week while exploring Nevada's Great Basin. This site does a great job "documenting a legacy of dreams, hard life, and the stark beauty of Nevada."

Sight Photography - Updated monthly, this on-line photo e-zine has interesting features and reviews. The "Time and Place" section has photographs submitted from readers.

Time Exposure/ William Henry Jackson - This site describes itself as "The on-line bibliography of web-based information about William Henry Jackson." Jackson was one of America's foremost photographers of the early West.

Digital Photography '96 - An excellent collection of digital photography. There are 45 images from 38 artists.

New York Public Library Photograph Collection - Highlights of the collection's holdings include the Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, the Spalding Baseball Collection, the Pageant of America Collection, and a major collection of the works of Berenice Abbott.

Powerful Days: the Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore - Learn about the photojournalist who captured the civil rights movement on film, and view the photographs that affected the conscience of our nation.

A Concrete Curtain: The Life and Death of the Berlin Wall - You can view some 100 photographs of the Berlin Wall at this online exhibition and read about its history "from its creation to its destruction."