The dominant perception of early photography from West Africa is that it was taken through a colonizing lens. Of Europeans in the mid-19th century spreading through the arteries of the region, new ...

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 ...

For decades, Deborah Willis has dedicated her career to unearthing, cataloging and showcasing Black photographers and photographs of Black people. The MacArthur "Genius Award" winner is the author of ...

Zhuang Wubin provides a solid framework for critically exploring the region's varied histories and notable practitioners of an oft-unsung medium. The book is the first serious attempt to ...

The first wide-ranging exhibition and catalogue to center the contributions of queer artists within the history of photography, “Queer Lens: A History of Photography” takes a sweeping and synthetic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Joel Sternfeld’s Domestic workers waiting for the bus, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

Julia Johnson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Armed with a daguerreotype camera, Jules Itier landed in Guangdong in 1844, intent on documenting a defining moment in China’s trade evolution — the conclusion of the Treaty of Whampoa. But beyond ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...