“Decayed Daguerreotypes” from Public Domain Review
Sometimes photo history just drops something remarkable in your lap. In this case, PHSNE’s esteemed newsletter editor Beverly Regelman came across The Public Domain Review and put a short note…
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The Royal Photographic Society turns 169; RPS Journal archives are online, searchable, and free
Happy Birthday to The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. It was founded on January 20, 1853, and is the oldest continuously-operating photographic society in the world. The RPS has…
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New Book: Vivian Maier Developed – The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks
Just in time for the holidays, author Ann Marks has published her “definitive” biography of the enigmatic Vivian Maier. When the contents of Vivian Maier’s storage unit were auctioned off…
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was born 234 years ago today
Daguerre (1787-1851), a Parisian theater set designer who staged elaborate hand-painted screens that depicted far away lands like the Swiss Alps, is credited with creating the first complete photographic process,…
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Who wants those Kodaks sitting on the shelf?
Even the most hardened photographers can be sentimental. Johnny Martyr, a mid-Atlantic Coast film photographer, crafted this paean to a small camera repair shop, Baltimore Photo-Electronic Services, in Pikesville, MD….
