Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library: Photography: Websites and Online Resources

Photography Collections Online

SJSU and SJPL

Library of Congress

Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

Photographic Processes and History of Photography

History of Photography Links from Jeff Curto
Large collection of links on history of photography from College of DuPage professor Jeff Curto. Scroll to mid-screen to get to the links.
Harvard’s History of Photography Timeline
Innovation and artistry of the medium as viewed through Photograph Collections at Harvard University.
Photographic Processes
Reference for identifying photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Timeline presents a thematic, chronological, and geographical exploration of global art history through The Met collection. It is a reference, research, and teaching tool conceived for students and scholars of art history. It is authored by The Met’s experts, and currently comprises more than 1,000 essays, close to 7,600 works of art, 300 chronologies, and 3,700 keywords. It is regularly updated and enriched to provide new scholarship and insights on the collection.

Essays

Works of Art

Care, Handling, and Storage of Photographs

Library of Congress Information Leaflet
This publication is intended to provide a basic understanding of how and why photographs deteriorate and what can be done to slow this process. Provides information about the structure of photographic objects (support, binder, and final image material) and identification of various types of early photographic processes. Focuses on black-and-white silver prints, glass plate and film base negatives, color chromogenic dye photographs (including negatives, prints, and transparencies), and digital output or hardcopy: ink jet prints, dye sublimation prints, and electrostatic prints.