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Researchers are collecting photographs of those who were involved in the American Revolution and their families. Photography began in 1839 so most photographs would be of elederly people. The final selection of photographs will be published.

Place is an elusive idea, but photography is one of its best hunters--second, perhaps, only to architecture. Taking Place examines the relationship of location, photography, and architecture by means of […]

THE ART OF FAILING Her stock dropped, her reputation was ruined, and she landed in prison. But now Martha Stewart is poised to headline her own primetime series and jump-start […]

In September, on the eve of the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, work will begin on a development on Gibraltar's Grand Magazine--the site where Nelson was laid to rest [...]

Stock footage company Getty Images has premiered Big Idea--seven short films created by internationally acclaimed designers and directors. These directors from across the globe were given a brief to produce [...]

When Karen Celestino Horseman looks at her antique collection, she sees dead people. She isn't seeing ghosts, though; she's looking at old photographs, including dozens that represent the Victorian-era practice [...]

Sharp-eyed collectors of the photos of out artist Greg Gorman noticed that hottie Josh Duhamel of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! And NBC's Las Vegas appears in the altogether [...]

For the past two years costume designer Greg LaVoi has photographed his favorite classic Barbies in front of local landmarks: "Gay Parisienne" Barbie shopping at Bullocks Wilshire, "Tropicana" Barbie and […]

PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown SKIER: Bromley Mountain ski school director and stunt skier Neil Robinson LOCATION: Unknown, but most likely Bromley, [...]

PHOTOGRAPHER: Winston Pote SKIER: Swiss instructor and film star Hans Thorner. Thorner would later go on to found Vermont's Magic Mountain. LOCATION: Roof of the Glen House, Pinkham Notch, New [...]

HISTORY IN PICTURES: This beautiful 1911 monochrome photo of Broadway and Herald Square is one of a planned 30,000 images being put online by the New York Public Library (NYPL). [...]

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced the acquisition of an encyclopedic photography collection formed by the Amsterdam-based collector Manfred Heiting. The collection is composed of 3,760 photographs spanning [...]

From the 1840s to the 1880s the Oregon Trail was the scene of one of the greatest mass migrations in American history. When they recently retraced the route across Missouri, [...]

The WATSON FAMILY ARCHIVES, with more than 1.5 million shots from four generations of L.A. news photographers, just sold 93 vintage pictures to the GETTY CENTER. "Now we can say […]

Country music fan Mildred Keith recounts her historic brush with famed crooner Patsy Cline. The photograph she took of the star, turned out to be the last known image taken of Cline before her death from a plane crash, a day-and-a-half later.

As Mother's Day and Father's Day approach, you may be racking your brain trying to come up with great gift ideas. Flowers for mom again? Maybe one of those new […]

WASHINGTON, DC AMERICANS learnt painting and sculpture from Europe but they taught themselves photography. When the marvelous new medium arrived in the United States in 1839, a few weeks after [...]