Just what goes into memorializing historic events on camera? These five photographers share their secrets for capturing the right moment for …
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Documenting the past with historical photography
History and archaeology reveal the past through excavations, books, and photographic documentation. Historical photographers aim to preserve, protect and convey our heritage in collaboration with cultural stewards and government institutes. These stories show an array of moments, artifacts and people not lost to time. I close with some of my own work in Tunisia, where I was photographer for a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission.
Very little is known about American Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan — the man who took the haunting A Harvest of Death photograph in the …
Buckingham Palace's newly renamed King's Gallery will be home of the exhibition "Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography" from May 17 through Oct. 6, 2024. It features more than 150 vintage prints from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives that showcase "the evolution of royal portrait …
In 2019, Nour El Massry took a photo that would change his life: He snapped a photo of a large terrace in a historical building in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo. Although the facades surrounding it were old and dusty, the tile on the balcony, home to a set of wicker chairs made comfier with …
CNN — 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 technology in hand, documenting people and places under the aegis of empire. Of a balance of …
With millennia of history hidden beneath our feet, connecting with the ancient past offers endless fascination, and many ways to get involved
Archaeologists from the University of Alicante and the University of Murcia “Damas y Héroes. In the project “Tras la Ilici ibérica (Ladies and …
For Black History Month, Axios is unearthing photos of Black America 50 years ago. Zoom in: There's a trove of fascinating images from Black Chicago …
For centuries, people have been clamoring to glimpse solar eclipses. From astronomers with custom-built photographic equipment to groups huddled together with special glasses, this spectacle has captivated the human imagination. Creating a Permanent Record In 1860, Warren de la Rue captured what many …
A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE: ARCHAEOLOGY IN TUNISIA, MISSION TO CARTHage
A storyboard on archaeological sites in Tunisia: Carthage, "Africa Romana" and medieval archaeology
Archaeology is the study of the past, through excavations and books but also through photographic documentation, with the aim of preserving and protecting heritage, in collaboration with superintendencies and government institutes. An interesting case is that of Tunisia, which is not only a great heritage of Arab and Berber cultural traditions, but also the evolution of what was Roman Africa, with Carthage (already Punic and Phoenician) and then Maktar, Tuburbo Maius...
