An association between black-and-white film and fine art photography persisted long after colour photography became commonplace among amateurs. Despite this association, Eliot Porter took up colour photography in the 1940s and achieved widespread…
Victorian bodybuilder Eugen Sandow’s guide to physical training provides an example of the ways in which photographs could be used in how-to manuals. To consider the advantages of photography for this purpose, compare this volume to The Art of…
Portraits of British Americans demonstrates some of the challenges of circulating knowledge through photographs in the mid-nineteenth century. Though these albumen prints could be mass-produced, each print had to be individually pasted onto the page…
Mixed-media - questionnaire and pencils in envelopes, entry forms and rejection notices from various exhibitions. Also includes a note from Katherine C. Brugger regarding how Brown's submission was handled and shipped back to him.
Edited, distributed and signed by Frank Brown, former gallery director. A collection of 47 sheets which includes reproductions of newspaper clippings and articles as well as correspondence from the University and between faculties regarding Frank…