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PhotoResearcher No. 44: The Autochrome in Imperial History

PhotoResearcher is the bi-annual journal of The European Society for the History of Photography (ESPHPh). The society is based in Vienna and was established in 1978 with the aim of…

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Body Parts

By Matt Damsker

While the tradition of exploring the human body in both painting and photography leans strongly toward the fully depicted nude, photography has outmaneuvered painting when it comes to…

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