Top of page

Category: Series: Pictures to Go

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

Pictures to Go: Up in the Air

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

My fascination with hot air balloons dates back to childhood, and the first time I saw one in the movie The Wizard of Oz. I’m not sure if it was because of my youth or because the balloon belonged to the “Wizard of Oz,” but it seemed pretty magical to me that there existed balloons …

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

Pictures to Go: Express It!

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

When Barbara Natanson, fellow blogger and head of the reference section here in Prints & Photographs, shared with me the 1910 Lewis Hine photograph [below, left] of the boy assisting with deliveries in St. Louis, it brought home once again how enormously the world has changed in just over a century. In a similar fashion, …

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

Pictures to Go: Moving Forward

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Methods of transportation, from horse-drawn carriages to helicopters, from airplanes to automobiles, and from trains to trolleys offer a seemingly endless variety of visual inspiration. Some images capture a singular moment in history, some a flight of fancy which does not last, while others show us the progression over time as clever minds invent and …