Blogs

New post on early Arctic photographs by George Rexworthy De Wilde - The first book to include photographs of the Arctic was published by William Bradford in 1873. The second was The Cruise of the Pandora by Sir Allen Young which followed Young’s 1875 voyage to confirm the fate of Sir John Franklin and his crew. This rare publication contains 12 vintage albumen prints taken in 1875 by George Rexworthy De Wilde – all hand-pasted into the pages of the book. These important but little-known photos are the subject of this article. Read more ...  

You don't want to miss this spectacular event. The 19th-century Photography Show on Saturday, Oct. 22nd in NYC will have 100 top photo dealers from ten countries participating. It will be the world's largest show ever for 19th-century Photography with booths and table tops. It will be held on the entire 2nd floor of the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel near Penn Station on 8th Avenue at 34th Street from 9:15 am-4:15 am for the table top areas, and until 6 pm for the booth areas.

And the Conference itself has the top experts speaking on their areas of 19th-century Photography expertise. For a complete conference program go here: http://www.daguerre.org/page/Conference2016