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Photography Collection > Finding Materials Locating Reference Books on PhotographyThe department’s reference collection includes books and periodicals on photographers and the history of photography, exhibition catalogs, annuals, biographical dictionaries, resource guides, and selected technique handbooks. These volumes are accessible primarily through the Art & Architecture Collection and the General Research Division. Literature on photo-chemistry, optics, the imaging industry and advertising is held by the Science, Industry and Business Library. Works on photo-mechanical processes are held in the General Research Division. Most works are cataloged in CATNYP, the New York Public Library's on-line catalog. Use the following links to obtain a list of reference materials on specific subjects:
New York Public Library Photography CollectionColor Photography: A List of References in the New York Public Library / William Burt Gamble, ed. (New York: The Library, 1924) *Z-MFF p.v.57, no. 7 Photographica: A Subject Catalog of Books on Photography…Drawn from the Holdings of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984) *R-Photo 84-176 “Original Sun Pictures:’ A Checklist of the New York Public Library’s Holdings of Early Works Illustrated with Photographs.” / Julia Van Haaften in The Bulletin of The New York Public Library (80:3 Spring 1977) *R-Photo General History of PhotographyEncyclopedia of 20th Century Photography / Lynne Warren, ed. (New York: Routledge, 2006) MFW 05-6948 The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day / Beaumont Newhall (New York: Musueum of Modern Art, 1982) MFW 86-4436 History of Women Photographers / Naomi Rosenblum (New York: Abbeville Press, 2000) *R-Photo 03-3877 A New History of Photography / Michel Frizot, ed. (Koln: 1998) *R-Photo 99-9144 Photography: A Cultural History / Mary Warner Marien (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002) MFW+ 03-3081 A World History of Photography / Naomi Rosenblum (New York: Abbeville Press, 1997) *R-Art 04-4401 Visual Identification of Photographic ProcessesThe Albumen and Salted Paper Book / James M. Reilly (Rochester, N.Y.: Light Impressions Corporation, 1980) MFW 81-800 Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints / James M. Reilly (Rochester, N.Y.: Eastman Kodak Company, 1986) *R-Photo 88-3039 Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic, and Photomechanical Processes: A Comprehensive Reference to Reproduction Technologies, Containing Invaluable Information on Over 1500 Processes / Luis Nadeau (Fredericton, Canada: Atelier Luis Nadeau, 1989-1990) *R-Photo 03-4863 A Guide to Early Photographic Processes / Brian Coe and Mark Haworth-Booth (London: Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983) MFW+ 84-775 How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes From Woodcut to Ink Jet / Bamber Gascoigne (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986) Desk-MDI 87-2309 The Keepers of Light: A History & Working Guide to Early Photographic Processes / William Crawford (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1979) *R-Photo 80-3351 Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms / Gordon Baldwin (Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with British Museum Press, 1991) *R-Art 91-9043 Photography: Processes, Preservation, and Conservation / Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 30-May 20, 2001) Visual Communication and the Graphic Arts; Photographic Technologies in the Nineteenth Century / Estelle Jussim (New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1974) MFW 95-10042 Biographical Information on PhotographersContemporary Photographers / Martin Marix Evans, ed. (New York: St. James Press, 1995) MFW 96-17383 Encyclopedie Internationale des Photographies de 1839 a Nos Jours: Photographers Encyclopedia International, 1939 to the Present / Michel Auer and Michele Auer (Hermance, Switzerland: Editions Camera Obscura, 1985) *R-Photo 86-1715 Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators / Turner Browne and Elaine Partnow (New York: Macmillan, 1983) MFW 84-438 Photographers: A Sourcebook for Historical Research / Richard Rudisill (Brownsville, CA: C. Mautz, 1991) *R-Photo 92-26 Women in Photography International Archive Bibliographies on PhotographyColor Photography: A List of References in the New York Public Library / William Burt Gamble, comp. (New York: The Library, 1924) *Z-MFF p.v.57, no. 7 History of Photography: A Bibliography of Books / Laurent Roosens and Luc Salu (London: Mansell, 1989) *R-Art 89-4304 Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography, 1839-1879 / William Johnson (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990) *R-Photo 91-6379 Photographic Literature: An International Bibliographic Guide to General and Specialized Literature on Photographic Processes, Techniques, Theory, Chemistry, Physics, Apparatus, Materials and Applications, Industry, History, Biography, Aesthetics / Albert Boni (New York: Morgan & Morgan, 1962, 1972) *R-Photo 99-1947 Photographica: A Subject Catalog of Books on Photography…Drawn from the Holdings of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984) *R-Photo 84-176 Contemporary and Digital PhotographyArt and Photography / David Campany, ed. (London: Phaidon, 2003) MFW+ 03-5632 The Digital Evolution: Visual Communication in the Electronic Age: Essays, Lectures, and Interviews, 1967-1998 / A. D. Coleman (Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1998) MFW 01-10615 Over Exposed: Essays on Contemporary Photography / Carol Squiers, ed. (New York: New Press, 1999) MFW 99-10250 The Photograph as Contemporary Art / Charlotte Cotton (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) MFW 04-6453 The Photographic Image in Digital Culture / Martin Lister, ed. (London and New York: Routledge, 1995) MFW 95-12301 |