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Vintage photos of cats prove that felines have a timeless style.

Surf Riot

The New York Times is digitizing millions of archival photographs into Google’s cloud

Michigan Photographer Explains Civil War “Tin Type” Photography

Watch the history of photography explained by puppets

How Dorothea Lange created her Migrant Mother photo

A Colorful Vision of Japan’s Past, Present and Future

An Homage to Gordon Parks

Photographer reflects on capturing John and Yoko’s “Bed-In” when he was only 15 years old

A 50-million-year-old school of fish etched forever in this rare fossil

Inside Look at National Geographic’s Photo Process From 20 Years Ago

NASA’s Guide to Photography with a Hasselblad Is Wonderfully Nerdy

Today Is the 150th Anniversary of the Start of the Civil War and True Photojournalism

Watch Edward Weston create a darkroom print

Meet the man who photographed Woodstock 50 years ago

The First Color Underwater Photo Was Lit By High Explosives

Explore photography’s history with these rare cameras

Color Photography Turns 150 Years Old Today

Backstory: Photographing the Building of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

This spring Sotheby’s will auction one of the earliest war photographs
