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Visual indexes

A way of exploring photography through significant photographs and novel connections. To get a sense of what is possible try any link or photograph. 
  

Thematic Connections • Occupationals • Themes • Geography • Ethnic groups and races • Events • Equipment and supplies • Techniques

 
  

LL/8865	LL/42300	LL/43193
LL/9848	LL/43484	LL/43616
LL/38028	LL/39782	LL/8404

Exploring by Date

Using Visual Indexes you can explore a single year in the history of photography to see photographs, advertisements, illustrations and book covers. 
  
1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848  
1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858  
1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868  
1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878  
1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888  
1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898  
1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908  
1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918  
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928  
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938  
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948  
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958  
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968  
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978  
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988  
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
2009 2010 2011 

Exploring by Technique

There are many ways of exploring including key Techniques and common ones include... 
  

Cliché-verre	Daguerreotypes	Salt prints
Albumen prints	Ambrotypes	Carte de visite
Cabinet cards	Tintypes	Stereoviews
Autochrome	Colour	Real photo postcards

 
  
For example Daguerreotypes will give you the starting points below... 
  

Daguerreotypes  Advertising	Daguerreotypes  Announcement of discovery and Daguerreotypomania
Daguerreotypes  Business cards	Daguerreotypes  Cameras
Daguerreotypes  Contemporary	Daguerreotypes  Equipment
Daguerreotypes  Hallmarks	Daguerreotypes  Instruction
Daguerreotypes  Labels	Daguerreotypes  Manuals
Daguerreotypes  Packaging	Daguerreotypes  Painted
Daguerreotypes  Photograph frames	Daguerreotypes  Stereo
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Art	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Charitable causes
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Cityscapes	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Copies
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Daguerreotypomania	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Erotica
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Ethnic	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Events
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Exteriors	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Landscape
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Military	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Multiple images
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Objects	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Occupationals
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Photographers	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Photographic studios
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Photographica	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Portrait
Daguerreotypes: Themes: Portrait  African Americans	Daguerreotypes: Themes: Portrait  Celebrities
Daguerreotypes: Themes: Portrait  Native Americans	Daguerreotypes: Themes: Portrait  Self-portraits
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Post-mortem	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Scientific
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Sports and pastimes	Daguerreotypes: Themes  Still life
Daguerreotypes: Themes  Strange	Daguerreotypes  Vignettes

Examples of using Visual indexes

As the connections within the Visual Indexes expand this will become an educational and thought-provoking research aid. There are many fresh ways of establishing linkages between photographs from all periods and using different techniques. Enjoy. 
  

LL/31814	LL/6963	LL/33255
LL/32922	LL/35311	LL/40625

 
  
The indexes are linked into over 600 online exhibitions and so you can go as deep as you like.

Exploring by Geography

Here you can explore photographs taken at specific locations. The benefit of this approach is that you can see multiple photographs of the same location revealing different stylistic approaches. 
  

Egypt	Italy
Greece	Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon
Italy: Rome: Castel S. Angelo	Israel and Palestine
India	UK: Scotland: Edinburgh: Scott Monument

 
Using these you can go down to the level of cities and in some cases individual buildings. 
For example Egypt has the following starting points...