Wilhelm Röntgen, “Hand with Rings,” a print of one of the first X-ray photographs (shows the left hand of Röntgen’s wife, Anna Bertha Ludwig) (December 22, 1895), albumen photograph (courtesy Röntgen ...

On August 19th, the world photography day is celebrated, a fundamental tool for the imagery record of our society. If, on the one hand, photography is the protagonist in dialogues that involve ...

Courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society, CN000266 Britt was born in Switzerland on March 12, 1819. Like thousands of others, he made his way to the American West during the Gold Rush, eventually ...

Some images stick with us long after we’ve seen them. They freeze moments that define entire eras. They capture human emotion at its rawest. They document events that changed the course of history.

Introduction: Questions of Difference / Tanya Sheehan -- A "Geographic Fact": Photography, History, and Ireland / Justin Carville -- Richard Harrington's Guide: Universality and Locality in a Canadian ...