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What’s New?
October 20, 2000 (through November 15) — We’re pleased to be participating in the exhibition “AMERICAN REFLECTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR” — more than 200 daguerreotypes and ambrotypes on view at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Michigan. The exhibit is part of Detroit Focus 2000, a regional photography festival. American Museum of Photography Director Wm. B. Becker is a Guest Co-Curator.
October 15 — The American Museum of Photography invites you to visit our newest exhibition, “Do You Believe?” — three galleries of spirit photography. Part of “Special Effects,” our ongoing examination of manipulated photography, this exhibition features rare (and sometimes “hauntingly” beautiful) photographs of ghosts and spiritualist mediums. Researchers from New Zealand, Canada, England, Belgium and the United States contributed to this project.
June 2000–The Museum marks its fourth anniversary online with a new exhibition: “Did You Ever Have A Dream Like This?” It’s the first installment of our exhibit series devoted to “Special Effects.”
May 2000– Have a web page? Please link to us! You’re welcome to use our logo in connection with the link. No web page? How about suggesting a link to a public library or school that has one?
January 2000– The American Museum of Photography starts the new millennium with the “Best of the Best” Award from Access, the largest-circulation Internet magazine.
December 1999– “Photography as a Fine ARF!” opens.
August 1999–The American Museum of Photography celebrates the 160th Anniversary of Photography’s birth with a festive home page ( including an engraving of inventor Louis Daguerre doing “The Macarena.”) “The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes” opens.
3/29/99 The American Museum of Photography is proud to announce its selection as a “World Best Website” Gold Award winner. This award, presented by an Australian organization, is designed to foster creativity and quality on the Internet. Thanks!
2/12–2/18/99 The American Museum of Photography is featured on c|net’s TV.COM , broadcast nationally.
1/4/99 The American Museum of Photography is selected as a Yahoo! Pick of the Year! Thanks, Yahoo!
Sponsorship Opportunities
The American Museum of Photography is growing… adding new exhibitions, new features, and reaching an expanding audience. Our sponsors help make it all possible, and we extend our thanks to Faithful Hound Software and Light Impressions.
For less than the cost of a tiny print ad, your company can sponsor an entire exhibition at The American Museum of Photography. You’ll reach thousands of visitors every week–and benefit from the Goodwill our site is building among photography lovers, 24 hours a day.
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More exhibits are in preparation on the theme of “Special Effects,” a look at the origins of manipulated photography. Exhibitions already online from this project include “Have You Ever Had A Dream Like This?” and “Do You Believe?”
Our plans also include exhibitions on:
- African Americans in early photographs
- The Platinum Prints of Edwin Hale Lincoln
- Cyanotypes: Images from Photography’s Blue Period
What do you think? Let us hear your ideas and suggestions— click here for eMail.
The American Museum of Photography has been honored with these awards:
Internet Medaille d’Or (2000)
Yahoo! Pick of the Year (1999)
“Best of the Best” from ACCESS Magazine
World Best Website Gold Award
The Mining Co. “Best of the Net”
(Best Rating) from Infoseek
(Top Rating) from ACCESS Internet Magazine (“Large, quick-loading images, great resources and clean design could almost make you forget that you’re visiting this museum online…”)
“Wonderful showing! This is a prime example of how the web can bring out interesting artifacts, seen by very few people, to the public at large.”
“Loved it (“Photography as a Fine ARF!”) And here I was – thinking that William Wegman was the only one out there pursuing this. But…..it was delightful then and Wegman’s work is delightful now. I suppose all us modern photographers do is reallyre-work ideas and inspirations. But that’s okay because we still have a voice! Many thanks for placing such charm on the www.”
“What a delightful museum…engrossing…an honorable example of the preservation of history.”
“WOW! I feel like I’m there, on the 57th Street, moving down the street, when I look at that photo [in “An Eye for the World”]– it is my favorite because it really draws me into the moment as a participant. Really good passages in books do this for me – I create the scene in my mind vividly. But only rarely does a photo have this strong an effect on me.
“That was absolutely wonderful ! Cheered me up for the day !”
“Thank you for putting together a fresh exhibition of historic architectural photographs [“Of Bricks & Light”]. As a professional architectural photographer specializing in historic resources, I have developed a sincere appreciation for the work of early documentarians… I stand in awe of some of these incredibly powerful messages from the past. I appreciate your efforts to curate this selection of fine photographs.”
“Very beautiful and informative site, a reminder of my travels, my own work, and what is yet to come. That is one of the great features of the internet, to be exposed to information and images you had no idea existed! Thanks, and I’ll be back.”
“A beautiful exhibit. As a photographer for the past 65 years (as a hobby!), I am happy to be pointed to this web site. Keep up the good pix! “
“After working day after day in the world of sterile modern stock and corporate photos it is such a delight to visit a site so filled with the joy of photography! More!”
Our thanks to everyone who visited… and to everyone who left a comment!
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