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The library houses over 4,000 photographic books and 80 periodicals from around the world. In addition, the library contains a growing collection of artists books, exhibition catalogues, and biographical files, and audio and/or video documentation of all Photographic Resource Center lectures and gallery talks. The library is open to all six days a week.

Founded in Paros, Greece in 1966 as an independent, not-for-profit institution, The Aegean Center continues to maintain its autonomous, non-profit status offering small group and individualized study in the visual arts, creative writing and music. Our facilities are located in two of the worlds most compelling locations, the Aegean Islands of Greece and Italy's Tuscany.

Founded in 1944 by a handful of the world's leading photojournalists,ASMP promotes photographers' rights, educates photographers in better business practices, produces business publications for photographers and helps buyers find professional photographers.

With nearly 225,000 photographic objects, including over 90,000 prints, the Amon Carter Museum holds one of the country's major collections of American photography, with a special emphasis given to material relating to the American West.

The Photography Workshop program began in 1940, and was one of the first photographic education programs in the country. The original workshops were one week long with several instructors, and groups of 10 to 12 students worked with different instructors in field, classroom, and darkroom sessions. Many participants have told us that the workshop program with Ansel and the other professional photographers was a life shaping experience.

Aperture is a not-for-profit public foundation devoted to photography and related visual arts.

When asked what they like most about AIB, our students highlight its scale-small enough to feel focused, but large enough to feel exciting, vital and rich with opportunities. And, being part of Lesley University, allows students access to the resources of a major university and the strength of an alumni network featuring more than 60,000 graduates world-wide.

Established in 1973, it is the ACP's mission to promote and enrich the understanding of photo-based art in Australia and this is achieved through a dynamic mix of exhibition, education and publication.

Established in 1983, Belfast Exposed remains Northern Ireland's only dedicated photography gallery. The production of socially and politically engaged work and dialogue is the driving force behind all aspects of the Belfast Exposed project.

Brooks is a world leader in professional photographic and motion picture education with an outstanding faculty, and three beautiful locations in Santa Barbara, California.

Since 1884, CCNY has offered classes, competitions and lectures to entice photographers and to enhance their careers.

This is the oldest photographic museum of the Iberian Peninsula and its stock of more than six hundred thousand negatives, originating from various collections, make it a unique and very special museum for the photographic enthusiasts.

The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University teaches, engages in, and presents documentary work grounded in collaborative partnerships and extended fieldwork that uses photography, film/video, audio, and narrative writing to capture and convey contemporary memory, life, and culture.

CPW provides an artistic home for contemporary creative photography with programs in education, exhibition, publication, residencies, and services for artists.

Fine-art photography students have the benefit of a major museum as their campus, one that has been internationally acclaimed for its innovative exhibitions and extensive collection of photography. Students work with an experienced faculty that is deeply committed to the photographic medium as a powerful tool of personal expression. And drawing directly upon the unique media resources of the nations capital, the Photojournalism program is an ideal training ground for a new generation of creative newspaper and magazine photographers.

Founded in 1988, the Daguerreian Society is an organization of individuals and institutions sharing a common interest in the art, history and practice of the daguerreotype.

The Foundations program supports and encourages the craftsmanship and art of authors, artists, painters and photographers, both unknown and of established reputation, whose efforts are non-commercial or commercially unfeasible.

The Museum's collection includes works by national and international photographers as well as a large number of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and ferrotypes.

Formerly Friends of Photography Bookstore, established in 1967 in Carmel, California and on the Web for 5 years, this bookstore offers the finest selection of photography books, Ansel Adams books, prints, and posters on the West Coast.

Photography Library Online is made possible in part thanks to the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund/Wertheimer Fund and the Nederlands fotomuseum.

The Fotostiftung Schweiz, founded in 1971, is dedicated to the preservation, acquisition and presentation of photographic works. It administrates an archive and a collection which together contain over 25 photographic estates and around 30,000 original prints of work by outstanding photographers.

George Eastman House, an independent nonprofit museum, is an educational institution that tells the story of photography and motion pictures.

The Museum's goal is to make the collection meaningful and attractive to a broad audience by presenting and interpreting the collection through educational programs, special exhibitions, publications, conservation, and research.

The Museum houses three galleries dedicated solely to the exploration of photographic arts and it provides a forum for the exhibition of both historic and contemporary photography. It also houses the extensive archives of Museum founder and world-renowned photojournalist Arthur Griffin.

This site provides thousands of web pages for the photography collector, curator and historian.

The Hall of Fame is the result of a project beginning in 1965 by the Photographic Art and Science Foundation, and its mission is to promote awareness and education of the history of photography.

The Museum embraces photographic art made in the affirmation of life. Work from all countries from 1900 to the present is represented.

The Museum is situated in a Victorian building dating from 1861. The collection is primarily dedicated to presenting the history of popular photography from its invention in 1839 to more recent times with a strong Victorian flavor.

Since 1973, Light Work has provided direct support to artists working in photography and digital imaging through exhibitions, lectures, classes, artist residencies, publications and other related projects.

In the fine press tradition, the books are composed in lead, hand printed and hand bound. The press is devoted exclusively to photography, and each book aspires in its concept, graphic design, and bookmaking craftsmanship, to be the manifestation of its artistic content.

The Historic Photograph Collection contains approximately 50,000 images dating from the late 1840s to the 1960s.

The Museum's Department of Photographs surveys the history of photography from its invention to the present. This collection of more than 15,000 works is largely European and American, with some representation of other parts of the world, particularly Japan.

The Photo Library welcomes both researchers and members of the public who are interested in photography.

A great collection of over 100,000 photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Museum, founded in 1987, initially concentrated on contemporary Danish photography. Its collection has since expanded, and attention is also bestowed on international photography, particularly that coming from Scandinavia, North and South America and Eastern Europe.

The Photography Collection comprises about 55,000 positives and 30,000 negatives in which the beginnings and development of Czech photography is followed.

The Museum's holdings of more than 25,000 works dating from approximately 1840 to the present constitute one of the most important collections of photography in the world.

The Photography collection consists of more than 500,000 prints and negatives that document New York City and its inhabitants from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Today after more than a century the mission of National Geographic Society grows in urgency and scope. The Society continues to develop new and exciting vehicles for broadening its reach and enhancing its legendary ability to bring the world to its millions of members.

The Nederlands Fotomuseum occupies a unique position with its multifaceted collection of negatives, transparencies and prints from 70 Dutch photographers.

The Photography Collection contains nearly 300,000 original photographic prints, representing an international range of photographers and comprising a thorough survey of subjects and processes.

Digital and underwater photography classes designed for amateur and advanced photographers, offered in major U.S. cities.

Northlight Gallery presents photographic exhibitions of contemporary and historical significance.

A non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to the enrichment of life through exhibitions, community programs, workshops and other educational activities that promote the arts of photography and digital imaging.

In 1984 French photographer Pierre-Yves Mahe, impassioned by innovative techniques, founded Speos, a photography school with an international vocation. In 1991 Speos introduced professional training courses for companies and photographers who needed to acquire new technology skills in a profession in transition.

Housing some 140,000 works of art, the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs is nationally recognized for the breadth and depth of its collections as well as the flair and scholarship of its exhibitions.

photo-eye is one of the oldest suppliers of all types of photography books from around the world.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation of contemporary photography.

The online version of the book Photographers Market providing photographers with the key guidelines they need to sell their work and build a career.