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George Eastman House Collection
Overview
The George Eastman House will be represented in ARTstor with approximately 17,875 images illustrating the history of photography. Presently, there are 4875 examples of photographs, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary prints, already available within the Digital Library. The Eastman House has agreed to contribute approximately 13,000 additional images to ARTstor, highlights of the permanent collection from early to contemporary photography. Of particular note is an important collection of daguerreotypes produced by the Boston photographic firm of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah John Hawes, whose artistic portraiture established them as the first masters of photography in the United States. Other notable portraits include those taken by Julia Margaret Cameron, the 19th century British photographer known for her portrait studies of Victorian luminaries. Beyond portraiture, there are fine examples of 19th century travel and landscape photography, whether focused on the Middle East (Abdullah Frères, Félix Bonfils), or the American West (William Henry Jackson, Carleton Watkins). Also well-represented is the 19th century French photographer, Eugène Atget, whose images of Parisian street scenes and architecture would influence later Modernist photographers. Figures from the Modernist Photo-Secession movement are featured with works by Edward Steichen, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Gertrude Kasebier, and Francis Bruguière. Other 20th century photographers will also be included, such as Margaret Bourke-White, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Andreas Feininger, Victor Keppler, Nickolas Muray, Arnold Newman, Arthur Rothstein, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand, and Minor White.
As the world's oldest museum of photography, the Eastman House has amassed a collection of over 400,000 photographs and negatives from the invention of photography to the present. The collection contains examples of numerous landmark processes, which trace the evolution of photography as a technology, as well as the works of more than 14,000 photographers, including most of the major figures in the history of the medium. The Eastman House is also one of the oldest film archives in the United States, with more than 25,000 film titles produced between 1894 and the present and over 5 million film stills. The museum is located in Rochester, NY, in the former home of George Eastman (1854-1932), the founder of the Eastman Kodak Company and inventor of roll film.
Collection information
| Total size of collection* | 17,875 |
|---|---|
| Percentage of completion | 27% |
| Search terms | eastmanhouse |
* Image totals should be regarded as an approximation until a given collection is 100% complete. Users should also bear in mind that the number of images available to them may vary from country to country, reflecting ARTstor’s approach to addressing an international copyright landscape that itself varies from country to country.
Last updated: May 8, 2008
Image Credits
Roger Fenton; Lieu.t Gen.l Sir George Brown & Staff (1855); George Eastman House