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A Brief History of Photokina: The World's Biggest Camera Tradeshow

Oral History: Photokina Camera Trade ShowThere is an old Tibetan saying, "A thousand monks, a thousand religions." You could say something similar about Photokina, "A thousand reporters, a thousand...

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Leica's "100" Advertisement Pays Tribute to the Past Century of Photography

Leica "100" advertisement recreates famous photographsSay what you will about Leica (and judging by past comment sections, we have no doubt that you will), but their latest commercial is worth a...

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The Most Requested Photo in the National Archives is…

Elvis and NixonThe most requested photograph from the National Archives is a black and white image of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley shaking hands. Yes, really. The National Archives hold a vast...

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The Rescued Film Project Saves 31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film From a WWII Soldier

World War II Soldier's Film Rescued and DevelopedDeveloping film can be a tricky process, especially if the film had been lost and sat undeveloped for somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 years. The...

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Photographer Jay Maisel's NYC Building Sold for Almost $55 Million, Take a...

Jay Maisel NYC Photography Building SoldIt typically goes without saying, but NYC is an expensive place to buy real estate. Recently, photographer Jay Maisel sold his Lower East Side building for just...

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See a Grandmother's Collection of Civil War Photos Digitized by Library of...

CivilWarStereoAn 87-year-old Texas grandmother collected nearly 500 stunningly rare stereoscopic photographs showing a nation gripped by war and slavery.

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This Japanese-American Took Over 1000 Photos During WWII While Drafted in the...

During World War II, 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry living in the United States we held in internment camps. But a select few who were drafted into the U.S. army before the bombing of Pearl Harbor...

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Old Photo Bought For $2 Turns Out to Be $5,000,000 Picture of Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid is an old west icon in the USA, and until recently, there was only a single authenticated picture of him. In 2010, however, a man named Randy Guijarro bought a $2 tintype photo of some...

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eBay Watch: Iconic Photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s Nikon FM2 Camera

Most of the eBay Watch posts I make here on PopPhoto.com are about interesting or rare old cameras that command thousands of dollars. This, however, is an auction for a fairly stock Nikon FM2 film...

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This Video Gives An Extremely Brief History of Photography

Photographic history is a real rabbit hole, especially here in the internet age when you can find piles of information about pretty much anything without having to remember how the Dewey Decimal System...

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Watch This: A 1958 Documentary Looks Into The Process and Gear Bags of Ansel...

How ToA fantastic 20-minute documentary about the master, Ansel Adams…

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Watch This: Ansel Adams Describes His Process For His Iconic “Moon Over...

How To Light meter? Ansel Adams didn't need a light meter. Ansel Adams tells the story of one of his most iconic photos…

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Pop Quiz: July 8th, 2016

News Test your photography knowledge with our trivia challenge Let our photography trivia questions test your knowledge of the medium…

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Watch This: Inside the Darkroom of Ansel Adams

How To You can almost smell the chemicals A fascinating look inside the darkroom where Ansel Adams created some of his masterpieces…

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Pop Quiz: July 28th, 2016

News Test your photography knowledge with our weekly trivia challenge This week's photography trivial challenge on everything from technical nerdiness to photo history.

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This Clever Video Traces The History of Adobe Photoshop

News Remember the days of only one undo? Photoshop has come a long way since it began.

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New Digital Posters Trace the History of Pentax Cameras

Gear Ricoh releases two ultra high-resolution images showing off the evolution of Pentax cameras Ricoh's German website is hosting two downloadable posters that track the changing technology of Pentax...

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This Video Gives An Extremely Brief History of Photography

How To Take a five-minute, top-level tour of photography's history This clever video traces the history of photography from the camera obscura to the modern smartphone… This clever video traces the...

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Watch This: A 1958 Documentary Looks Into The Process and Gear Bags of Ansel...

How ToA fantastic 20-minute documentary about the master, Ansel Adams…

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Watch This: Ansel Adams Describes His Process For His Iconic “Moon Over...

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