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Latest History Stories
Vintage photos of cats prove that felines have a timeless style.
Surf Riot
The New York Times is digitizing millions of archival photographs into Google’s cloud
Michigan Photographer Explains Civil War “Tin Type” Photography
Watch the history of photography explained by puppets
How Dorothea Lange created her Migrant Mother photo
A Colorful Vision of Japan’s Past, Present and Future
An Homage to Gordon Parks
Photographer reflects on capturing John and Yoko’s “Bed-In” when he was only 15 years old
A 50-million-year-old school of fish etched forever in this rare fossil
Inside Look at National Geographic’s Photo Process From 20 Years Ago
NASA’s Guide to Photography with a Hasselblad Is Wonderfully Nerdy
Today Is the 150th Anniversary of the Start of the Civil War and True Photojournalism
Watch Edward Weston create a darkroom print
Meet the man who photographed Woodstock 50 years ago
The First Color Underwater Photo Was Lit By High Explosives
Explore photography’s history with these rare cameras
Color Photography Turns 150 Years Old Today
Backstory: Photographing the Building of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
This spring Sotheby’s will auction one of the earliest war photographs