The New England Journal of Photographic History

The Journal is PHSNE’s annual full-color magazine format publication. Its engaging, well-researched articles, along with beautifully printed photographs and illustrations, cover a wide range of photographic subjects, from Watergate burglars to historic daguerreotypes, one-of-a-kind travel albums, camera inventors, local photographers, and much more.

The Journal – 2023

The Journal – 2023

The 2023 New England Journal of Photographic History celebrates PHSNE’s Golden (50th) Anniversary. Heavily illustrated with photographs from the Society’s archives, the issue describes the formation and evolution of the…

The Journal – 2022

The Journal – 2022

The 2022 New England Journal of Photographic History, #180, begins over 100 years before the McDonald’s empire of franchises spread across the world. A New England father and son built…

The Journal – 2021

The Journal – 2021

The 2021 New England Journal of Photographic History, #179, contains two fascinating articles. The first details the development of an engineering marvel, the camera used in the once highly classified…

2020 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2020

The 2020 New England Journal of Photographic History, #178. This monograph by author Ron Polito, explores the lives, careers, and photographic techniques of Boston photographers Thomas E. Marr (1849-1910) and…

2019 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2019

The 2019 New England Journal of Photographic History, #177, features original research on one of the most iconic photographic portraits of all time: the unique daguerreotype of beloved poet Emily…

2018 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2018

The 2018 New England Journal of Photographic History, #176, features Simon Wing, a New England photographer, entrepreneur, and one-time presidential candidate, his invention, the Wing Multiplying Camera, and the life…

1889 Grand Tour Travel Album

“Myself” and Her Grand Tour Travel Album

The Grand Tour Travel Album, featured in the 2017 PHSNE Journal, is a unique treasure. It documents an 80-day, 11,900-mile European tour during the summer of 1889 by four young, unmarried…

2017 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2017

The 2017 New England Journal of Photographic History, #175. Contents include: “Myself and Her Grand Tour Travel Album,” a unique 1889 album of captioned early Kodak snapshots and commercial travel…

2016 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2016

 The 2016 New England Journal of Photographic History, #174, is themed around the art and practice of portraiture. Contents: Two Sides of 19th-Century Photography, how studio photographers strove to differentiate…

2015 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2015

The 2015 New England Journal of Photographic History, #173, contains: The Watergate Break-In Cameras – what the burglars really used; Way Back to School – College Dorm Room Photos (c.1900);…

2014 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2014

The 2014 New England Journal of Photographic History, #172, includes articles on: The Saturday Night Club – Photos of ‘Risque’ Behavior at the Turn of the Century (1900s college life); Modifications…

2013 PHSNE Journal

The Journal – 2013 (40th Anniversary Issue)

The 2013 New England Journal of Photographic History, #171, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the society. Articles in this special issue include: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s wedding photos; the photo history…