Photography Pioneer Nadar Went on a Mad Balloon Ride That Ended in Near-Catastrophe
Le Géant gas balloon, left, and Félix Nadar, right. Le Géant was an enormous 196-foot-tall gas balloon that…
Photographers Recreate 115-Year-Old Panoramic Photo of Their Hometown Using the Same Camera
Morristown, NJ, in 1910, top, and as it looks today on the same camera, bottom. Two New Jersey…
This Polaroid Chemist Tested 5,000 Bottles to Invent Instant Color Photography
Chemist Howard G. Rogers posing with his Polaroid colleagues and the 5,000 bottles of chemical compounds they tested…
The Story of ‘Grace,’ The Only Official State Photograph in the US
It’s this version of Grace, enhanced by oil painting, that found its way into churches, restaurants, and homes…
Influential Sister Photographers Were Hidden in Geronimo’s Eye for a Century
Way back in 1904, the Gerhard Sisters captured a portrait of famed Apache warrior, Geronimo, during the Louisiana…
The Hungarian-American Photography Connection | PetaPixel
Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965),‬†Joan Crawford and‬ Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Santa Monica, California‬â€, 1929. Gelatin silver…