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Portrait Photography
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Brady-Handy Collection 
 This collection features images from approximately 5,000 glass negatives by photographers Mathew Brady and Levin C. Handy, "chiefly portraits of presidents, members of Congress, military and naval officers, justices of the Supreme Court, actors, artists, religious leaders, and other notables. Also includes views of Washington, D.C., and vicinity." Searchable and browsable. Includes links to related collections. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/brhchtml/brhcabt.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Technology, The United States Presidency, United States History Last updated Aug 10, 2005 The Burlesque Portraits of Raoul Gradvohl
A collection of over 20 studio portraits of burlesque entertainers who performed at the Burbank Theatre in Los Angeles, California, taken by Raoul Gradvohl. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/gradvohl/1.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Continuous Replay: The Photographs of Arnie Zane
"Arnie Zane (1948-1988) is best known for his seventeen-year personal and artistic partnership with choreographer Bill T. Jones. ... Continuous Replay is the first comprehensive presentation of Zane's photography." Features images of Zane's photographs, including photos of Pearl Pease and torsos from the 1970s. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/zane/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
A collection of over 1,300 photographs, primarily portraits of celebrities, taken by this American photographer. Searchable by keyword in bibliographic record, and browsable by subject and occupation (actors and actresses, African-American leaders, artists, authors, choreographers, composers, conductors, dancers, educators, journalists, publishers, musicians, photographers, playwrights, poets, sculptors, singers, and sports figures). Includes brief biographical information on Van Vechten. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/vanvechten/ Topics: Musicians, Photograph Collections, Photography, Poetry, Technology, Writing Last updated Dec 31, 2005 Disfarmer
"In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas artist known as Disfarmer [born Mike Meyers] captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America between 1939-1945" in black-and-white photographs. This site provides a brief biography, access to dozens of his photos (available for purchase), and selected photos that can be sent as email postcards. http://www.disfarmer.com Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography, Technology Last updated Aug 22, 2005 Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection
"This site provides access to 1800 of approximately 12,000 images from the Ulmann Photograph Collection." Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) "documented the rural people of the South, particularly the mountain peoples of Appalachia and the Gullahs of the Sea Islands," and also photographed intellectuals, artists, and writers. Searchable and browsable. From the University of Oregon Libraries. http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/ulmann/ Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 17, 2007 Edward Steichen Portraits
Companion to an exhibit of photos by Edward Steichen, "the man Vanity Fair called [in 1923] 'the greatest of living portrait photographers.'" Features selected images from the exhibit including annotated photos of John Pierpont Morgan, John Barrymore, Charlie Chaplin, George Gershwin, Willa Cather, Fred Astaire, and Paul Robeson. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/steichen/ Topics: Photography Last updated Sep 3, 2008 Fame After Photography
This illustrated essay "lets visitors gain a perspective on how, since 1839, fame has been driven and transformed by photography." Includes related quotes from celebrities. Online companion to 1999 exhibit of the same name at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1999/fameafterphotography/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Sep 14, 2009 In the Path of Righteousness: Photographs by Jona Frank
Companion to a 2008-2009 exhibit of photographs of students at Patrick Henry College, an evangelical Christian institution near Washington, D.C., and, in some cases, the home-schooling environment from which they came. Also includes a virtual tour of the exhibition. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/jonafrank/ Topics: Photography Last updated Jun 22, 2009 Mathew Brady's National Portrait Gallery: A Virtual Tour
This site is a virtual tour of all of Matthew Brady's photographs in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, taken throughout the 1800s. Also provides his Carte de Visite Album ; the Making of a Photograph ; a Brady biography; a Technical Glossary , with explanations of a daguerreotype, ambrotype, and other aspects of photography; and an Index of Sitters , each with a short biography. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/gallery.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photography, Technology Last updated Feb 20, 2003 Photographs of George Faitzer-Feroff
Collection of photographs by this Russian-born photographer who moved to the U.S. in 1921. He specialized in portraiture and in early color photography such as the Carbro color process. The site features material about the Carbro color process and dozens of portraits of individuals such as Serge Rachmaninoff and Greta Garbo. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/feroff/ Topics: Photography Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Revolution and Commerce: The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara
Companion to an exhibit about "the portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara,' Guerrillo Heroico, photographed by Alberto D'az Korda on March 5, 1960, [which] is considered to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography." Features selected images from the exhibit, such as the contact sheet that includes the famous photo and artistic interpretations of the portrait, and links to related sites. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/che/ Topics: Photography Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Richard Avedon
Official site for this photographer who died in October 2004. Features a chronology of his life and work, examples of his editorial and advertising work from 2004, lists of his one-man exhibits and awards, a bibliography of books by him, and excerpts from his writing and interviews. http://www.richardavedon.com Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 5, 2004 Richard Avedon: Portraits
Companion to 2002-2003 exhibit of works by this fashion and portrait photographer. "Available online is the accompanying publication's foreword, an essay by the exhibition's curators, a special image presentation, and audio clips featuring the voices of Richard Avedon, Marian Anderson, the exhibition's curators, and others." From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B36C7411F-EEF8-11D5-9414-00902786BF44%7D Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 5, 2004 Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
Companion to a 2008/2009 exhibit about 19th century jewelry that incorporated photographic portraits. "The evocative portraits preserved in photographic jewelry are rarely attributable to specific makers. ... [M]any of the nineteenth-century's major photographic artists offered these pieces." View images of selected bracelets, earrings, and pendants, and background about photographers. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/jewels/ Topics: Fashion, Photography Last updated Jan 26, 2009 Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs From the National Portrait Gallery
An online gallery of "photographs of some of twentieth century America's famous and influential women." Brief biographical portraits accompany photos of Helen Keller, Maya Lin, Dorothy Day, Julia Child, and many other women. Site also features transcripts and audio clips about biographical moments in portrait photography and photographic portraiture styles. http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/woot/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photography, Technology Last updated May 5, 2004 |
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