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Art of the American Daguerreotype     American photography produced between 1839 and 1860. Secrets of the Dark Chamber features 152 outstanding and rarely seen examples of early daguerreotype from public and private collections. From SAAM: Secrets of the Dark Chamber http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/secrets/index.html

Camera on Assignment: the Ollie Atkins Photograph Collection     Brief biography and gallery of photographer Oliver F. Atkins (1917-1977). The Ollie Atkins Photograph Collection contains photographs, negatives and contact sheets dating from 1943 to 1974. The images are representative of his work with The Saturday Evening Post and official photographer to President Nixon. From Camera on Assignment - Photographs by Ollie Atkins http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/camera.html

A visual journey     Photographer Lisa Law's story is one among thousands of personal narratives that made up the cultural fabric of America in the 1960s, when Americans were wrestling with such issues as civil rights, the environment, personal freedom, nuclear arms, and the Vietnam War. This exhibition of more than 60 of Law's photographs takes the viewer on a visual journey from the psychedelic music scene in San Francisco and Los Angeles, to the spiritual, family-centered commune life in New Mexico. From Lisa Law: Introduction http://americanhistory.si.edu/lisalaw/1.htm

Jeff's Nudibranch and Coral Reef Gallery     Photo gallery of sea slugs - nudibranches - with original underwater photographs from the seas around the Philppine Islands. From Jeff's Nudibranch Site and Coral Reef Gallery http://divegallery.com/

Prints of Robert Cottingham     A pop artist. Robert Cottingham, a painter and master printmaker, is best known for his vivid renderings of signs, storefronts, and marquees. Employing photographic images in his art-making process, Cottingham transforms mundane scenes into monumental urban images. Come on a tour with Robert Cottingham as he takes you across the country to places he used as inspiration for Eyeing America. From Robert Cottingham - Eyeing America http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/cottingham/index.html

Between Home and Heaven     From stunning panoramas and majestic bridges to nuclear waste dump sites. Difficult to use. Contemporary landscape photography. To reveal the truth within the landscape, contemporary photographers have had to find a way to mediate between the sometimes harsh realities of modern life and the Edenic traditions of the genre-between home and heaven. From Helios: Between Home and Heaven http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/cng/

American Photographs: The First Century     Wide selection of photographs from museum's collection. Difficult to use. Mix of familiar and lesser-known photographers, styles of work, and a variety of processes to explore ideas about the influence of photographic culture in America during the years 1839 to 1939. From HELIOS: Online Collections http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/Helios/amerphotos.html

Butterfly Collection at the Field Museum     The Field Museum's butterfly and moth collection, where butterflies live, the differences between butterflies and moths, the butterfly life cycle. Wonderful full-screen images of many butterflies. Did you know there are about 20,000 different kinds of butterflies in the world? From the butterfly collection at the field museum http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/

Vermeer's camera obscura     Brief exhibit giving evidence that Vermeer used a camera obscura to create his paintings with photographic accuracy. From Vermeer's Camera http://www.grand-illusions.com/vermeer/vermeer1.htm

Company town: Norilsk, Russia     Photo Essay. The smokestacks of Norilsk nickel rise like fists above the frozen Siberian plain. Despite the splintering of the Russian economy, regardless of whether the miners can make do on their inflation-ravaged wages, the filthy plumes rise relentlessly from the smelters, blackening the Siberian skies 200 miles above the Arctic Circle. From LIFE: NORILSK http://www.life.com/Life/essay/norilsk/

Farewell to Bosnia     Photo essay from Bosnia, 1995. And now, memory and loss beat softly, a measure of time. The last notes of the score have been played. A deafening eerie silence that has fallen resonates. Sounds and screams seem like distant echoes from a recent past. From PICTURE PROJECTS _ Farewell to Bosnia http://www.picture-projects.com/bosnia.html

Isle of Lesbos     A place of art, culture, and learning, for women-oriented women. Features lesbian poetry, lesbian-interest classical art, vintage photos and postcards, letters and journals, and quotations From Isle of Lesbos http://www.sappho.com/

Photographing History     Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974. An intimate and dramatic view of the Nixon presidency and the Watergate hearings as seen through the lens of photojournalist Fred J. Maroon. Story of a photojournalist who found himself documenting a remarkable series of historical events. From Photographing History: Introduction http://americanhistory.si.edu/maroon/

Building views: Architectural constructions     Abstract hand-colored photos of buildings and interesting shapes from NYC artist. Fascinating exploration of positive and negative space. From Exhibit "building views: architectural constructions" http://webexhibits.org/buildingviews/

Country doctor     W. Eugene Smith's classic 1958 photo essay. Compelling black & white photographs and essay of the many facets of life for a country doctor in 1958. From W. Eugene Smith: Country Doctor http://www.life.com/Life/essay/country_doctor/

Alaska: The Great Land     Alaska's land, wildlife, history, and people. Photographs of Kodiak Island's Chiniak Bay and of totem pole by George F. Mobley. Encounter singing giants, North America's largest land predator, and more - including a guide to where the wild things are. As geographer Henry Gannett, a founder of the National Geographic Society, predicted in 1904, Alaska's "grandeur is more valuable than the gold or the fish or the timber, for it will never be exhausted. From Alaska: The Great Land @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/greatland/

Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden     Photo essay of beautiful flower X-radiographs. A beautiful blossom is a fleeting thing It stays for a moment and then takes wing: With special rays we catch it ere flight So all may enjoy the beautiful sight. From The Secret Garden http://www-personal.umich.edu/~agrxray/

aka Kurdistan     Intriguing and sophisticated site derived from award-winning photojournalist Susan Meiselas' 1997 book Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History. Interweaves historical photographs, maps, letters, memoirs, and government reports to create a multiperspective, subjective history - both Kurdish and Western - of Kurdistan. Includes an "unknown image archive" of historical photographs from Kurdistan, and asks viewers to help identify them. From aka KURDISTAN | INTRODUCTION http://www.akakurdistan.com/

The Great Shake: San Francisco, 1906     Photo essay. I was awakened by a loud rumbling noise which might be compared to the mixed sounds of a strong wind rushing through a forest and the breaking of waves against a cliff. In less time than it takes to tell, a concussion, similar to that caused by the nearby explosion of a huge blast, shook the building to its foundations and it began a series of the most lively motions imaginable. Accompanied by a creaking, grinding, rasping sound, it was followed by tremendous crashes as the cornices of adjoining buildings and chimneys tottered to the ground. From The Exploratorium: Faultline: 1906 http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/1906/

In Transit     Interviews and Photographs of People on the Bus. Photography exhibition by San Francisco Bay Area photographer Clarke Robinson. What has fascinated me the most is the incredible depth and richness of the people I've met. Everyone is passionate about something and has a story to tell. From In Transit: Interviews and Photographs of People on the Bus http://www.geocities.com/~intransit1/home/home_frm.html