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Luminous-Lint includes 1,032 distinct, but interlinked, histories of photography that are evolving on a regular basis The connections between photographs are critical to understanding and Luminous-Lint includes 12,962 visual indexes to assist. Luminous-Lint helps curators with exhibition planning, displays difficult-to-find resources for those in education and encourages photographers to better understand their originality by placing it within a historical context.Luminous-Lint enhances your understanding of photography. "Luminous-Lint is unparalleled in its depth and quality of photo-historical content for photography curators, artists and photo-aficionados the world over." "Simply the most complete online source for information about the history of photography." Goethe was too busy to write something... GRAHAM HOWECEO and owner, Curatorial Assistance, Pasadena ROBERT HIRSCHPhoto-historian, photographer and author of numerous books on photography "I like going back to Luminous-Lint because: it is an extremely well written and well documented site incorporating many photo collections, and highlighting special clusters within the field." "Luminous-Lint is, in my experience, the most comprehensive history of photography resource on the internet, far surpassing what you d find in any one book. The level of detail in the research is astounding. I have yet to find a similar site that matches it." ELS BARENTSDirector, Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie KARL BADENBoston College "I refer to Luminous-Lint frequently to get a better and deeper visual understanding of photographic history; to look for new work and ideas. I also refer students - it is simply the most comprehensive and accessible database of its kind." "I adore Luminous Lint because it is a reliable source for accurate information on subjects both mainstream and quirky in the world of photography. Also because it organizes knowledge in a non-linear fashion which encourages creative, out-of-the-box thinking." NEIL FOLBERGPhotographer and owner, Vision Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel BARBARA TANNENBAUMCurator of Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art Luminous-Lint brings together photographs from thousands of public and private collections assisting in exhibition planning. We put people in contact who need to know each other. Whether planning a book, research article or a lecture Luminous-Lint brings together significant photographs and provides the lesser-known but connected ones. It encourages visual exploration and analysis No matter what theme a photohistorian is interested in Luminous-Lint provides texts, rare photographs, analysis and innovative ways of approaching the material For collectors who are passionate about photography we collaborate to show their collections and integrate their discoveries into the global histories of photography. From vernacular photography to film envelopes we have it all. Textbooks are expensive and can not possibly include the range of examples necessary to gain a thorough understanding of a topic. Luminous-Lint goes deeper frequently including all the illustrations from significant series accompanied by texts, footnotes and references. Luminous-Lint helps photographers place their own work with the broader historical context. It encourages the open-minded to examine their own originality and improve their work. ContentsThemes, or genres, are at the core of Luminous-Lint as they bring together photographs, texts, footnotes, reading lists for further research, photographers worth investigating, online exhibitions and visual indexes to build increasingly coherent histories. These evolve everyday as fellow enthusiasts contribute new images and insights. AlphabeticalASTRACT to ZOOS - A listing of the Themes for you to browse. StylesMany confusing terms are used within Photohistory as a shorthand to explain time periods, stylistic choices in subject matter and compositions and groupings of photographers based on significant exhibitions. Naturalism, Surrealism, New Topographics, Orientalism and many other styles and movements are explained with examples. FragmentsFragments are the building blocks used to construct Themes. They are constantly under change as new images and information arrive in. Nothing is fixed and it is part of the core philosophy of Luminous-Lint that knowledge evolves. Hundreds of changes happen every day to these Fragments. CalendarsIf you need to know what happened on a specific day or month of the year the Calendars are a useful guide. They highlight key events and the births and deaths of photographers. TechniquesEach of the significant techniques used in early photography are discussed in detail with examples. There are also Visual Indexes bringing together photographs created by the more obscure techniques. The 113,740 images on Luminous-Lint include photographs, advertising, lithographs, engravings and a host of other items. Private collectors around the world constantly provide examples of difficult to locate items.If you have images to share get in touch as single photographs can be significant. There are 21,041 photographers on Luminous-Lint and biographies constantly need improving.When you have knowledge to share on a photographer let me know. There are many millions of facts on Luminous-Lint and errors do occur.When you spot an error or see something that needs attention send me the details and it will be fixed as quickly as possible. Thanks. Don t be shy I m at: alan@luminous-lint.com - Alan Griffiths (Founder of Luminous-Lint) PhotographersThere are many variants and historical errors in the spelling of the names of photographers. The search on Luminous-Lint does the best it can to find the right one. Try John and see what you get.Try it! ConnectionsThis is the most powerful of tools as it searches for Themes, Fragments, Online Exhibitions and Visual Indexes that match. Try talbot and see what you get.Try it! DirectoryNeed the address and contact details for a museum or gallery then this is the answer. Elsewhere on Luminous-Lint you can bring up listings for different cities. Try gallery and see what you get.Try it! The search tools on Luminous-Lint put you in control and return the information you require along with extraordinary photographs.

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