Index
Global - Indexes
[Book] Palmquist, Peter E (ed) -
Photographers, A Sourcebook for Historical Research - Carl Mautz Publishing. This book
is intended for photograph collectors, but it contains a huge bibliography of directories of
photographers. Carl Mautz Publishing, 228
Commercial St. #522, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA. Phone: 530-478-1610. This is a
publisher of photography books and histories and so is well worth checking out.
The site
A History of Photography also contains
bibliographies of the better known early photographers.
The site
Photographers of Note lists many
photographers, both early and current.
[Book] Sennett, Robert S - Photography
and Photographers to 1900: An Annotated Bibliography - Garland (1985) ISBN
0-8240-8728-3 References articles on several hundred photographers.
[Book] Johnson, William S - 19th
Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1838-1879 - G K Hall & Co (1990) ISBN
0-8161-7958-1 Includes thousands of photographers.
[Book] Roosens, Laurent & Salu, Luc -
History of Photography: A Bibliography of Books - Mansell (1989) ISBN 0-7201-2008-X
Three volumes here, so worth a try.
[Book] Browne, Turner and Partnow,
Elaine - Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators - New
York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1983)
[Book] Edwards, Gary - International
Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographers and Their Works - Boston: G.K. Hall and Company
(1988)
[Book] Mathews, Oliver - Early
Photographs and Photographers: A Survey in Dictionary Form - London: Reedminister
Publications (1973)
[Book] Willis-Thomas, Deborah - An
Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988 - New York: Garland Publishing
(1989)
Most of Roger Vaughan's remarkable
collection of photographs are from the UK, but some are from
the rest of the
world. They are sorted first by country and then by photographer. In all
cases the photographs, front and back, are shown.
Global - Current Photographers
[Book] Marix-Evans, M (ed) - Contemporary
Photographers 3rd ed - New York: St. Martin's Press (1982)
These references may help. They
seem to list photographers who belong to associations.
Global Photographers Search
Photographer's Index
Argentina
The Cuarterolo Collection
contains information on Argentinean and Latin American photographers 1840 - 1920, including
brief biographies (in Spanish). Click on "Textos" on the main page.
Australia
[Book] Barrie, Sandy - Australians Behind
the Camera: Directory of Australian Photographers 1842-1945 - ISBN O 9587883 8 3. Sandy
can be reached at: Box 425, Booval, Queensland 4304, Australia, or e-mail at
sandy_barrie@optusnet.com.au
A
short list
of Australian photographers who produced visiting cards.
Australia - Queensland
This site covers
Photographers of
Southern Queensland, 1855 - 1920. It includes the communities of Bundaberg,
Fortitiude Valley, Ipswitch, Maryborough, Roma, Toowoomba, and Warwick. Others may be
added.
Australia - South Australia
A
list of about 700
photographers, including a number of biographies.
Australia - Victoria
19th Century Photographers of Victoria. The site is still under construction, but
parts of it are there.
Photographers of Ballarat.
Ballarat claims to be the second largest city in Victoria State (after Melbourne).
Geelong and District Photographers.
Geelong also claims to be the second largest city in Victoria State.
Belgium
[Book] Joseph, Steven F - Directory of
Photographers in Belgium, 1839-1905 - Antwerpen: C. de Vries-Brouwers (1997)
Bolivia
Daniel Buck's
"Pioneer Photography in Bolivia
1840's to 1930's" contains an extensive list of Bolivian photographers.
Canada - British Columbia
[Book] Mattison, David - Camera Workers:
The British Columbia Photographers' Directory 1858-1900 - Camera Workers Press (1985)
ISBN 0-9692029-0-3 An exhaustive alphabetical list. CWP, Box 684, Stn E,
Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2P3
Canada - Newfoundland
This presentation, by The Newfoundland
Museum, entitled Early Photography in
Newfoundland gives some history but only a few names.
Canada - Ontario
[Book] Phillips, Glen C - The Ontario
Photographers List 1851-1900 - Iron Gate Publishing (1990). ISBN 0-921818-04-1
[Book] Phillips, Glen C - The Ontario
Photographers List 1901-1925 - Iron Gate Publishing (1997). ISBN 0-921818-14-9
The above two books contain an exhaustive extraction from city directories across Ontario.
They are not complete, but they are about as close to complete that a project of this
size can hope for. Mr Phillips is working on the next block beyond 1925. Iron
Gate Publishing is at 1110 - 95 Fiddler's Green Rd, London, Ont, Canada N6H 4T1
Phone 519-472-5572
History of
Photographers in Midland is a site of the Huronia Museum, intended for children.
It mentions a few local photographers: John Witherspoon Bald, Rodney O Stokes, Budd Watson,
Teddy Grace, Steven Perrin, Miss M Raymond, but gives little detail.
[Book] Norrie, Leonard, et al - Who
Wouldn't Have a Photograph? - Norfolk Historical Society (1976). The early
photographers of Norfolk Co, Ontario, with biographies of many of them.
England - General
Rosemary and Stan Rodliffe are on a new site
for
Victorian, Edwardian, and early 20th century UK photographers. Although it says UK,
it covers only England and Wales.
Roger Vaughan has created a remarkable
site with, apparently, thousands of visiting card (carte de visite) images. The site
has a search engine which works on the
photographer's name, so well worth checking. It seems to be mostly UK photographers.
He also has a site giving photographers listed in
Slater's Directory of 1868.
The Royal Photographic Society Historical
Group have published historical directories for a large number of English and Welsh cities and
counties. To see the list and for an address of the RPS, click
here.
England - Bristol (City)
A
listing, from annual trade
directories, of photographers in the city from 1852 to 1972. Part of Roger Vaughan's
enormous site.
England - Lancashire
[Book] Jones, Gillian - Lancashire
Professional Photographers 1840-1940 - PhotoResearch, 2004, ISBN 0 9523011 5 6, available
through PhotoResearch
England - London (City)
PhotoLondon has a directory of photographers who worked in London between 1841 and 1908.
Click on "Directory" on the left hand list. There is a large gap between "Click
on a letter to begin alphabetical search" and the list of letters. There is apparently
over 2 500 photographers listed. PhotoLondon is a consortium of libraries, archives,
and museums. The directory itself was compiled by Michael Pritchard. The whole
site is worth exploring.
[Book] Michael Pritchard also has a book
"London Photographers 1841-1908", available through
PhotoResearch
England - Manchester (City)
[Book] Linkman, Audrey - Professional
Photographers in Manchester 1901 - 1939, D.P.A. (1988). The Documentary Photography
Archive, housed at the Greater Manchester County Record Office, has a
website which does not include
an index of photographers.
England - Wiltshire
[Book] Norgate, M - Photographers in
Wiltshire - (1982), ISBN 0 8608012 7 6
Germany
This may not produce the taker of your
family's German photos, but then again it might. It is a
listing of photographers attached to SS
units of the German army during the Second World War. There are over 50 photographers
mentioned.
Japan
Early photography
in Japan.
Latin America
The Cuarterolo Collection contains
information on Argentinean and Latin American photographers 1840 - 1920, including brief
biographies (in Spanish). Click on "Textos" on the main page.
New Zealand
A
short list
of New Zealand photographers who produced visiting cards.
The 2006 Feb issue of Family Tree
Magazine has an article by Keith Giles "Finding Photographers in 19th Century New Zealand"
(Vol 22, No 4, p48-50). FTM has an extensive
index to its articles, which unfortunately does not give you access to the article itself. Try "photographer" in this
index.
The Aukland City Library maintains the
New Zealand Photographers' Database. This is a wonderfully designed site. In
particular look at the two Word Wheels, one of which will give you (among other things) a list
of photogrphers' names and the other a list of photographers' monograms. This site also
includes photographers in New Zealand dependencies.
Palestine
A list of the early known
photographers and publishers that worked / traveled in Palestine in the early era of
photography.
Peru
Yolanda Retter has a site on
Photography in Peru. A list
of photographers (unfortunately without many dates) can be reached via a link part way down
the main page. She also provides an extensive list (name date city) developed by Keith
McElroy on 19th century Peruvian
photographers
Scotland
A remarkable index to
the photographers of Edinburgh 1840 to 1940.
It gives name, address, and dates for hundreds of photographers. The rest of the
site is worth looking at too.
United States
[Book] Brown, Robert O - Collector's Guide
to 19th Century US Traveling Photographers - ISBN 1-929955-13-8. Contact the author at
photos@brownspath.com
A list of all the photographers in the
A D White collection
at Cornell University. The list of photographers represented is part way down the first
page.
Craig's Daguerreian Registry is a unique
compilation and cross-indexed reference to the Practioners of the Art of the Daguerreotype in
the United States from 1839 to 1860. Included as well are members of the Allied Professions
including casemaking, apparatus and accessory manufacturing and distribution, coloring,
die-engraving, &c.
Dead Fred. This is a site of photographs not
photographers, but some of the photographs do have the photographer identified and it is
possible to search on the photographer's name. Go down the first page to "Use Our
Detailed Search". The site is heavily US oriented -- there you can specify the
photographer's state in your search -- but there are hundreds of non-US photographs, a few
of which have an identified photographer. Unfortunately the photos do not seem to
include the photographer's mark.
Ross Kelbaugh has a series of books on US Civil War photographers which references
over 3 000 photographers. The books can be obtained from Historic Graphics, Box 32831,
Baltimore, MD 21282-2831, USA.
[Book] Kelbaugh, Ross J - Introduction to Civil War Photography - Historic Graphics.
ISBN-0-939631-36-9
[Book] Kelbaugh, Ross J - Directory of Civil War Photographers - Historic Graphics.
Vol 1 - Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Northern
Virginia, and West Virginia.
ISBN-0-914931-02-4
Vol 2 - Pennsylvania, New Jersey. ISBN 0-914931-03-02
Vol 3 - Western States and Territories. ISBN 0-914931-04-0
General Index. ISBN 0-914931-05-9
United States - California
This site lists photographers with more
than 50 photos in the Pat Hathaway Collection
of Historical Photographs. Many photographers have more detail, but more on the
pictures than on the person.
United States - Iowa
Photographers in
Union County, 1869 - 1936.
United States - Kansas
An index of
Kansas photographers
is here.
United States - Maryland
Ross Kelbaugh has a site listing
Maryland Photographers of the nineteenth century. He also has a book covering the
same area: Kelbaugh, Ross J - Directory of Maryland Photographers 1839-1900 - Historic
Graphics. ISBN 0-914931-00-8. Historic Graphics, Box 32831, Baltimore, MD 21282-2831,
USA.
Baltimore City
Nineteenth-Century Photos is more about the photographs but does have some information
on the photographers.
United States - Minnisota
The
Visual Resources Database of the Minnisota Historical Society has thousands of
photographs on line. These are well indexed, including photographer and date where known.
Click on "Advanced Search" and enter the photographer in "Artist/Creator's Name".
United States - Missouri
Early St Louis Photographers. A considerable list of name, address, and approximate
date.
United States - Nebraska
Here is an extensive
Nebraska Photographers Index.
An interesting but brief reference to an unusual photo studio, the
Hutchins Railroad Photo Car
United States - New England
The Thom Hindle
Collection contains the negatives of 30 New England photographers from the early 1900s.
United States - Ohio
[Book] Gagel, Diane - Ohio Photographers
1839-1900. ISBN: 1-887694-07-2
United States - Pennsylvania
[Book] Ries, Linda & Jay W Ruby - Directory
of Pennsylvania Photographers 1839 - 1900 - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
ISBN 0-89271-084-5. This book lists over 6 400 photographers. PHMC, Box
11466, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Phone 800-747-7790. A review is at
this site.
United States - Tennessee
A list of photographers of
Giles County, including the
city of Pulaski.
Wales
Roger Vaughan's site giving photographers
listed in Slater's Directory of
1868 includes parts of Wales.
Rosemary and Stan Rodliffe are on a new
site for
Victorian, Edwardian, and early 20th century UK photographers. Although it says UK,
it covers only England and Wales.
West Indies
Early West Indies Photographers
with an emphasis on the Danish Virgin Islands.