There is virtually no unit cost and little effort in taking a picture with a digital camera, but when each shot meant expense and concentrated exertion, photographers picked their subjects with care.
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, “Edinburgh Ale: James Ballantine, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill” (1843–47), calotype print (courtesy Scottish National Portrait Gallery) Although Hill ...
The history of photography has never followed a straight continuum. Since before the time of Vermeer, artists and scientists have labored at different times and in different locations around the globe ...