Questions tagged “photo history”

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What does a lab stamp on the back of an old photo mean?

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What is this 4x5 color transparency of the Apollo 17 “Blue Marble,” and how would it have been used?

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5y ago

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What do the serial numbers printed on the back of older photo prints mean, and can they help date the photo?

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5y ago

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What type of late-1800s photo print is this mounted on cardboard?

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6y ago

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What image-capture surfaces have been used in analog photography besides film?

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6y ago

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What photographic process used glass frames and sunlight for quick portraits around 1890?

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6y ago

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What camera or film format could have produced 1.75×2.75-inch prints from around 1919?

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6y ago

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What depth of field and shutter speed were likely used for Paul Strand’s 1915 “Wall Street” photo?

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7y ago

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What does “Photo-Chromography” mean on an old glass photo, and roughly when was this process used?

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7y ago

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Which Bauhaus photographers influenced modern photography, and how?

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7y ago

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What does a '773R' stamp on the back of old Velox photo prints mean?

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7y ago

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What was Group f/64, and why was it important in photography history?

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8y ago

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How common was contact printing for portrait studios in the early-to-mid 20th century?

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8y ago

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What 3D portrait process was used for glass portraits made in Paris around 1945?

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8y ago

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How did calotype negatives become translucent enough for contact printing?

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8y ago

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Why can a daguerreotype look positive or negative depending on how it’s viewed?

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8y ago

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How were photographs retouched before Photoshop?

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9y ago

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Can old photo print sizes and border styles help date family photographs?

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9y ago

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Why did courtroom photographers put cameras inside boxes?

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9y ago

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Who photographed the Concorde eclipse image from 1973, and was it shot from another aircraft?

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10y ago

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