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Photography : History of Photography

A guide to a variety of resources pertaining to photography available through Mercer County Library System.

Daguerreotypes - Websites

The Daguerreian Society
The official website of an organization dedicated to the history, technology, art, and preservation of daguerreotype.
Daguerreotypes at Harvard
Digital access to over 3,500 daguerreotypes from Harvard University.

Daguerreotypes - Books

Capturing the Light by Roger Watson; Helen Rappaport
Call Number: 770.92 WAT 2013

ISBN: 9781250009708

Publication Date: 2013-11-26

Books on the History of Photography

Collaboration by Ariella Azoulay; Wendy Ewald
Call Number: 770.9 AZO 2023

ISBN: 9780500545331

Publication Date: 2024-02-06
Flashes of Brilliance by Anika Burgess
Call Number: 770.9 BUR 2025

ISBN: 9781324051107

Publication Date: 2025-07-08
A History of Photography in 50 Cameras by Michael Pritchard
Call Number: 771.3 PRI 2015

ISBN: 9781770855908

Publication Date: 2015-08-20

Biographies of Photographers

The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa; Maurizio Onnis
Call Number: B BRA 2021

ISBN: 9781728244044

Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Berenice Abbott by Julia Van Haaften
Call Number: B ABB 2018

ISBN: 9780393292787

Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham; Hilton Als (Preface by)
Call Number: B CUN 2018

ISBN: 9780525558705

Publication Date: 2018-09-04
First to the Front by Lorissa Rinehart
Call Number: B CHA 2023

ISBN: 9781250276575

Publication Date: 2023-07-11
Hold Still by Sally Mann
Call Number: B MAN 2016

ISBN: 9780316247757

Publication Date: 2016-04-26
It's What I Do by Lynsey Addario
Call Number: B ADD 2015

ISBN: 9781594205378

Publication Date: 2015-02-05
Right Place, Right Time by Bob Gruen
Call Number: B GRU 2020

ISBN: 9781419742132

Publication Date: 2020-10-20
Twentieth-Century Man by Christopher Wallace
Call Number: B WAL 2023

ISBN: 9780063066410

Publication Date: 2023-07-04
Vivian Maier Developed by Ann Marks
Call Number: B Mai 2021

ISBN: 9781982166724

Publication Date: 2021-12-07
What Becomes a Legend Most by Philip Gefter
Call Number: B AVE 2020

ISBN: 9780062442710

Publication Date: 2020-10-13