Photography






 
Ansel Adams: FIAT LUX

An online exhibition of the famous photographer is presented here, with reference to his book published on the occasion of the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the University of California. A very comprehensive biography with entries for almost every year between 1829 and 1995 is available with many details from Adams' life, many photographs and excerpts from publications. You may order posters or books online. But this no pure commercial page as there are many large sized photographs (60-100 K and larger) worth a visit.

   
Black Mirages

Black Mirages has some thousand visitors each day. Maybe it's less the high aesthetic quality of the photos presented than the motifs that attract them: black nudes. But the works presented for example in the "Ebony Gallery" are not at all pornographic. They impart an erotic feeling without question, but most of all they are of fascinating quality. Alain Paris, who presents this site, is not a photographer but, as he is pleased to say, he "goes in for photography". A really great photo site.

 
   
 
California Museum of Photography

The website offers a tremendous number of outstanding exhibits with photographs. It is difficult to single out individual exhibits. But don't miss "How Great Thou Are" (photographs and gif-animations of Elvis), "Nagasaki the day after," contemporary German photographs: "Distance and proximity," historical photographs from the collection: "Russia before the revolution," Los Angeles and San Francisco at the beginning of the century and artistic x-ray-photographs.

   
24 Hours in Cyberspace

This is an overwhelming project featured online: 1,000 amateur and pro photographers took in a great number of photographs on all continents about "Life in Cyberspace," on a single day February 8th, 1996. This is a documentation of the "new world" as it is influenced by the Internet. A selection of sseveral hundred photographs accompanied by a multi-page summary with numerous essays: The human touch, Open for business, Earthwatch, Into the Light, To the Rescue and Sex, Lies and Websites. Read the story and view the photos featuring for instance a taxi in Colorado with which you can surf, female TV "entertainers" who will do exactly what you tell them online - at $4.95/minute. In fact, all the pages reveal new and interesting details about "Cyberspace".

 
   
 
Time Life Archive

The Time Life archive offers here a huge selection of photographs surrounded by essays and reports. The palette of topics is varied: Hiroshima and the war, Halloween and OSCAR winners. Users can admire a lot of famous and already published photographs. It's a pity, though, that the server is visited so intensively and that download times are so long.

   
George Eastman House

The George Eastman House features the history of photography. The timetable starts with the 5th century and an explanation of the optical principles of the camera obscura and it ends with the moon-landing and the digital camera. About 30 photographs illustrate the chronology. Furthermore, users will find some special exhibits - all of interest to hobby photographers and pros.

 
   
 
Center for Creative Photography

The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is also a research center for experimental and artistic photography. Here it offers a lot of photographs worth seeing and a museum shop. Users will find highlights from the permanent exhibition including photographs by A.Adams and R.Gibson.

   
Photo Survey of Homeless People

"Structure out of Chaos" is a documentary of American shanty towns that have developed as a result of homelessness. The purpose of the project is to learn about homeless people who have created a shelter out of refuse or other non-traditional material. The photographs illustrate lifestyles of homeless refugees, their shanties and the communal aspects of encampment life. Photo Survey of Homeless People presents a huge number of photographs (mostly black and white) and text information contradicting many shanty town myths.

 
   
 
ZoneZero

A lot of worthwhile photo exhitions are presented here by ZoneZero. The site wants to depict different approaches to digital photography, and several galleries present quite different works and techniques. You'll get the best overwiew of topics by viewing the index with icons. Some exhibitions require Shockwave, some contain audio files, and all are worth a visit.

   


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