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SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY 1868-1935

Ghosts & Ectoplasm Captured by the Camera

Dazzling images by the first American Masters of the Camera

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AN EYE FOR THE WORLD Photographs by Shotaro Shimomura, 1934-1935, Rediscovered
SELECTIONS Favorites from the Collection and New Discoveries
“DID YOU EVER HAVE A DREAM LIKE THIS?” Buick-size bunnies and corn-cobs as big as telephone poles: Photo-Surrealism by William H. “Dad” Martin, 1988-1912.
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ARF! Canine Camera Classics
AT EASE Informal Portraits from the Dawn of Photography
SMALL WORLDS The Art of the Carte de Visite
OF BRICKS & LIGHT Architectural Photography

MASTERWORKS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Three galleries of great images from Talbot to Ansel Adams

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