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Archive: July 2021 (5 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

“A step out of and beyond nature”: Picturing the Moon

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Micah Messenheimer, Curator of Photography, Prints & Photographs Division. This week’s anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing provides a perfect opportunity to explore our holdings of lunar photography in the Prints & Photographs Division. From the medium’s beginnings, the moon fascinated photographers as both a subject of …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

A Peek into the Past Lives of our Photo Collections

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Many a research journey starts with a single photograph and my curiosity. Some voyages lead to an entry here in the Picture This blog, and today’s post is no different. I came across this image in the online catalog and several things grabbed my attention right off the bat: First, what a mess! The librarian …