Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
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| 1 | Improving content on US states |
| Introduction |
| 2 | Introduction to New York City |
| Daguerrean galleries of New York |
| 3 | Mathew B. Brady: Brady's Daguerrean Gallery |
| 4 | Jeremiah Gurney: J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery |
| 5 | Portrait factory on Broadway, New York |
| Early salted paper prints |
| 6 | Silas A. Holmes (attributed): New York (ca. 1855) |
| Early photo-reportage in New York State |
| 7 | George N. Barnard: Oswego Mills (1853) |
| 8 | Charles Lyell on Niagara Falls (1845) |
| 9 | Platt D. Babbitt: Joseph Avery at Niagara Falls (1853) |
| Commercial photography |
| 10 | New York facades shown in cabinet cards |
| 11 | H.P. Smith; Judd & McLeish (photographers), 1878, Syracuse and Its Surrounding (1878) |
| Pictorialism and the Photo-Secession in New York |
| 12 | The influence of Alfred Stieglitz on American pictorialism |
| 13 | Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, 291 Fifth Avenue, New York City |
| 14 | Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession |
| 15 | Alfred Stieglitz: New York at Night |
| 16 | The links between Camera Work and contemporary art |
| 17 | Alvin Langdon Coburn: New York (1910) |
| 18 | Paul Strand: New York |
| 19 | Edward Steichen: The Flatiron |
| 20 | Clarence H. White School of Photography |
| Documentary studies of New York City |
| 21 | Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives |
| 22 | Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives - Book covers |
| 23 | T.H. McAllister (American): Street life of New York (1898) |
| 24 | Sampson Stereoscopic Co.: New York City (ca 1899) |
| 25 | Alice Austen: Street Types of New York (1896) |
| 26 | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (25 March 1911) |
| 27 | Augustus Francis Sherman: Ellis Island portraits |
| 28 | Berenice Abbott: Changing New York |
| 29 | Ilse Bing: New York (ca. 1936) |
| 30 | Samuel Gottscho: New York (1930s) |
| 31 | Lewis W. Hine: Empire State Building (1929-1931) |
| 32 | Aaron Siskind: Harlem Document (1932-1940) |
| 33 | Weegee: Street photography |
| 34 | Walker Evans: New York |
| 35 | Walker Evans: The subway portraits |
| 36 | Esther Bubley: Greyhound Bus Station, NYC (1947) |
| 37 | Introduction to New York City Photo League |
| 38 | Helen Levitt: Children of New York |
| 39 | Andreas Feininger: The architecture of New York |
| 40 | Robert Frank: New York |
| 41 | André Kertész: Washington Square |
| 42 | Bill Witt: New York City |
| 43 | William Klein: New York |
| 44 | Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street |
| 45 | Saul Leiter: New York in colour |
| 46 | Joel Meyerowitz: Street photography |
| 47 | Tom Baril: The Architecture of New York |
| 48 | Giacomo Brunelli: New York |
| Documentary studies of New York State |
| 49 | Milton Rogovin: Lower West Side, Buffalo, NY |
| 50 | Milton Rogovin: Buffalo, NY |
| 51 | Window dressing Kleinhans Co. (Buffalo, NY) |
| Sites of New York City |
| 52 | New York City: The Statue of Liberty |
| 53 | New York City: The Brooklyn Bridge |
| 54 | New York City: The Manhattan Bridge |
| 55 | New York City: The Flatiron Building |
| 56 | New York City: Chrysler Building |
| 57 | New York City: The Empire State Building |
| 58 | New York City: Grand Central Station |
| Sites of New York state |
| 59 | Coney Island, NY |
| 60 | Niagara Falls |
| 61 | Gates Brothers: Watkins Glen, N.Y. (1865) |
| 62 | R.D. Crum: Watkins, Havana and Eldridge Glen Scenery |
| 63 | W.T. Purviance: The Scenery of the Northern Central Railway [Series] (ca 1870) |
| 64 | Christopher G. Gibbard: Views at Auburn, N.Y. (1870s) |
| 65 | G.W. Baldwin: Gems of the Adirondacks [Series] |
| 66 | Kempe & Gates: The Great Flood in Rochester, NY, St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17, 1865 |
| September 11, 2001 |
| 67 | World Trade Center (September 11, 2001) |
| 68 | Kevin Bubriski: Pilgrimage: Looking At Ground Zero (2001) |
