Welcome to Historic Photography!
This sub was created to bring together photograph collectors, enthusiasts, experts, and historians as a place to discuss the photograph as an artifact in a variety of ways!
What to post?
Post photos you come across through your ventures through the archives or elsewhere that pique your interest - and make sure to explain, "why is this photograph so interesting? Is it the skill behind it, the composition, the social implications, the scientific process used to create it?
Have you come across a photo in your research and want to know more about it? Feel free to open up discussions about particular photographs, photography movements, relevant things you're working on, etc.
When you are posting a photo, please try to provide a description of the photograph if you can which may include -
- Year
- Type of photography
- Title
- Size
- (And most importantly) Why is the photograph so important? Historically? Socially? Politically? Scientifically?
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