Brilliant photography by photojournalism pioneer Kurt Hutton

Originally posted by b_picture at Гениальные фотографии пионера фотожурналистики Курта ХаттонаBorn in Germany in the year 1893, photographer Kurt Hutton (or Kurt Hjubshmann) started his career as a photographer in the Germany. At 41 years of age, he moved to England and began working with Weekly ( Read more... )

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Photograph, salted paper print from a paper negative, ca. 1845 © Wilson Centre for Photography.


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If the customers can't come to the photographer, the photographer will come to the customers.  This barge equipped as a floating photographic studio traveled along the Mississippi River in the 1860s, attracting customers from the settlements along the river. Note the greenhouse-style glass studio to admit lots of natural light.  Curtains were ( Read more... )

A street vendor in Naples, Italy, selling an Italian ice made from fresh coconuts.  Photo by Alinari Brothers.


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