Photography is the science, art and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.

Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing.

Photography is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography) and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.

This collection is dedicated to photography long before the digital age.  This collection on DVD contains 214 publications in PDF format.  Some titles are in the French language, those are indicated by their title in French.  If you would like to see more of our photography collection, please search our ebay store for "camera" or "photography."

Please note that this collection contains scans of old books and magazines, some of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for posterity.  This means that you may see some pages with creases and tears that show up in the scans.

Publications List:

A Complete Treatise On Artistic Retouching, Modeling, Etching, Art And Nature, Art And Photography, Character, Chiaroscuro, Composition, Style And Individuality By C. Weisman (1903), 197 Pages

A Complete Treatise On The Art Of Retouching Photographic Negatives And Clear Directions How To Finish & Colour Photographs By R. Johnson (1898), 243 Pages

A Dictionary Of Photography - For The Professional And Amateur Photographer By E. J. Wall (1889), 271 Pages

A Dictionary Of Photography By T. Sutton (1867), 398 Pages

A History And Handbook Of Photography By G. Tissandier (1876), 440 Pages

A History Of Photography Written As A Practical Guide And An Introduction To Its Latest Developments By W. J. Harrison (1887), 170 Pages

A Manual Of Photography Intended As A Text Book For Beginners And A Book Of Reference For Advanced Photographers By M. C. Lea (1871), 447 Pages

A Popular Treatise On Photography By D. Monckhoven (1863), 168 Pages

A Treatise On Photography By W. Abney (1878), 348 Pages

Airplane Photography, 1920, By Herbert E. Ives, 430 Pages

Amateur Photography, A Practical Guide For The Beginner By W. Adams (1893), 109 Pages

An Adventure In Photography By O. Thanet (1893), 264 Pages

An Experimental Study Of The Lippmann Color Photograph, 1908, By Herbert E. Ives, 33 Pages

An Introduction To The Science & Practice Of Photography By C. Jones (1888), 299 Pages

An Introduction To The Science & Practice Of Photography By C. Jones (1891), 295 Pages

Art In Photography - With Selected Examples Of European And American Work By C. Holme (1905), 303 Pages

Astronomical Photography For Amateurs, 1921 By H. H. Waters, 116 Pages

Beginner's Guide To Photography : Showing How To Buy A Camera And How To Use It Including Practical Remarks Upon Photographic Apparatus Generally, How To Take A Photograph, Development, Printing From The Negative, Taking Instantaneous Pictures, Producing Lantern Slides, Photo-Micrography And Enlarging, 1888 – 186 Pages

Beginners' Troubles By F. Fraprie (1921), 83 Pages

Burton's Modern Photography By W. Burton (1886), 204 Pages

Camera Magazine, Volume 21, 868 Pages

Camera Magazine, Volume 24, 856 Pages

Carbon Printing, With A Chapter On Thos. Manly'S Ozotype Process By E. J. Wall (1904), 122 Pages

Cassell's Cyclopedia Of Photography By B. Jones (1911), 630 Pages

Collotype And Photo-Lithography, 1889, By Julius Schnauss, 188 Pages

Colored Media For The Photographic Dark Room By W. H. Pickering (1885), 8 Pages

Colour Photography, And Other Recent Developments Of The Art Of The Camera, 1908, By Charles Holme – 257 Pages

Compendium Der Practischen Photographie Fur Amateure Und Fachphotographen By F. Schmidt (1891), 365 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 1 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 402 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 2 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 430 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 3 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 414 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 4 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 468 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 5 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 402 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 6 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 484 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 7 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 376 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 8 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 383 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 9 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 454 Pages

Complete Self-Instructing Library Of Practical Photography Vol. 10 By J. B. Schriever (1909), 510 Pages

Dry Plate Making For Amateurs By G. L. Sinclair (1886), 63 Pages

Dry Plate Photography ; Or, The Tannin Process, Made Simple And Practical For Operators And Amateurs By J. Towler (1865), 101 Pages

Early Work In Photography A Text-Book For Beginners By W. Henry (1896), 117 Pages

Elementary Photo-Micrography 1915, By Walter Bagshaw, 198 Pages

Ferric & Heliographic Processes A Handbook For Photographers, Draughtsmen, And Sun Printers By G. Brown (1900), 150 Pages

First Steps In Photography, 1913, By J. C. H. Wallsgrove, 150 Pages

Handbook Of The Practice And Art Of Photography By H. W. Vogel (1875), 411 Pages

Handbuch Der Photographie Der Neuzeit By J. Kruger (1884), 319 Pages

How To Be A Successful Amateur Photographer By W. J. Lancaster (1890), 153 Pages

How To Look At Pictures, 1903, By Robert Clermont Witt, 284 Pages

How To Photograph Microscopic Objects. A Manual For The Practical Microscopist, 1886, By I. H. Jennings, 41 Pages

Illustrated Catalogue And Price List Of The Eastman Dry Plate And Film Company, Rochester, NY, 1886, 54 Pages

Instruction In Photography By W. Abney (1884), 362 Pages

La Photographie Mise A La Portée De Tout Le Monde By T. Robertson (1867), 156 Pages

La Photographie Pour Tous By L. Mulot (1861), 70 pages

Le Procede Rawlins A L'Huile By C. Puyo (1907), 79 pages

Les Développateurs Organiques En Photographie Et Le Paramidophénol By A. Lumiere (1893), 101 pages

Les Récréations Photographiques By L. Bergeret (1891), 204 pages

Library Of Amateur Photography Volume 1, 1915 – 426 Pages

Library Of Amateur Photography Volume 2, 1915 – 438 Pages

Library Of Amateur Photography Volume 3, 1915 – 374 Pages

L'Objectif Photographique - Fabrication, Essai, Emploi By G. H. Niewenglowski (1892), 76 pages

Manuel Elementaire De Photographie Au Collodion Humide, A L'Usage Des CommencʹAnts By E. Dumoulin (1874), 67 pages

Manuel Pratique De Photographie By A. Petit (1883), 82 pages

Method Of Measuring The Absolute Sensitiveness Of Photographic Dry Plates By W. H. Pickering (1844), 7 pages

Modern Photography In Theory And Practice - A Hand Book For The Amateur By H. G. Abbott (1899), 306 pages

Nature Photography For Beginners, 1909, By E. J. Bedford, 290 Pages

Outdoor Photography By J. Dimock (1912), 171 pages

Photo Lighting : A Treatise On Light And Its Effect Under The Skylight, Including Chapters On Skylight And Skylight Construction, Window Lighting And Dark Room Work, 1902, By Prof Felix Raymer, 131 Pages

Photo-Aquatint, Or, The Gum-Bichromate Process - A Practical Treatise On A New Process Of Printing In Pigment Especially Suitable For Pictorial Workers By A. Maskell (1901), 96 pages

Photo-Era Magazine, The American Journal Of Photography, Volumes 44-45, 712 pages

Photo-Era Magazine, Volume 22-23, 706 pages

Photo-Era Magazine, Volume 34, 361 pages

Photo-Era Magazine, Volume 35, 353 pages

Photo-Era Magazine, Volume 48, 754 pages

Photogenic Manipulation - Containing The Theory And Plain Instructions In The Art Of Photography, Or The Production Of Pictures Through The Agency Of Light By G. Fisher (1845), 119 pages

Photographer's Pocket Reference-book and Dictionary, for Photographers and Amateurs, 1873, by Hermann Vogel, 135 pages

Photographic Enlarging - A Handbook For Amateur Photographers By R. C. Bayley (1910), 180 pages

Photographic Instruction Book : A Systematic Course And Illustrated Hand-Book On The Modern Practices Of Photography In All Its Various Branches For Amateur And Professional, 1903 By Townsend T. Stith, 282 Pages

Photographic Instruction Text - A Systematic Course And Working Guide In All The Processes Which Ordinarily Take Up The Attention Of Camera Workers By G. Paltridge (1900), 260 pages

Photographic Manipulation By G. Le Gray (1885), 47 pages

Photographic Printers' Assistant By W. Heighway (1892), 102 pages

Photographic Printing Methods - A Practical Guide To The Professional And Amateur Worker By W. H. Burbank (1891), 265 pages

Photographic Reproduction Processes, 1891, By P. C. Duchochois, 129 Pages

Photographic Times; An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted To The Interests Of Artistic And Scientific Photography (1871), 706 pages

Photographics - A Series Of Lessons, Accompanied By Notes, On All The Processes Which Are Needful In The Art Of Photography By E. Wilson (1881), 374 pages

Photographie Au Charbon By L. Vidal (1869), 174 pages

Photographie Par Émulsion Sèche Au Bromure D'Argent Pur By A. Chardon (1877), 87 pages

Photography And Its Applications By W. Gamble (1920), 179 pages

Photography By H. P. Maskell (1911), 504 pages

Photography For The Amateur By G. French (1922), 430 pages

Photography In Colours, 1916, By George Lindsay Johnson, 350 Pages

Photography In The Studio And In The Field : A Practical Manual Designed As A Companion Alike To The Professional And The Amateur Photographer, 1887, By E. M. Estabrooke, 279 Pages

Photography Indoors And Out; A Book For Amateurs, 1895, By Alexander Black, 276 Pages

Photography Made Easy By R. Bayley (1920), 275 pages

Photography Of To-Day - A Popular Account Of The Origin, Progress And Latest Discoveries In The Photographer's Art, Told In Non-Technical Language By H. Jones (1913), 395 pages

Photography With Emulsions A Treatise On The Theory And Practical Working Of The Collodion And Gelatine Emulsion Processes By W. Abney (1885), 316 pages

Photography, Indoors And Out - A Book For Amateurs By A. Black (1893), 276 pages

Photography, Its Principles And Applications By A. Watkins (1911), 362 pages

Pictorial Landscape-Photography, 1914, By Paul Lewis Anderson, 84 Pages

Picture Making For Pleasure And Profit; A Complete Illustrated Hand-Book On The Modern Practices Of Photography In All Its Various Branches, For Amateur And Professional By T. Baldwin (1902), 342 pages

Picture Taking And Picture Making By The Eastman Kodak Company (1898), 124 pages

Plain Directions For Obtaining Photographic Pictures Upon Waxed And Albumenised Paper And Glass, By Collodion And Albumen By C. Heisch (1852), 91 pages

Platinum Toning - Including Directions For The Production Of The Sensitive Paper By L. Clarke (1892), 122 pages

Portraiture For Amateurs Without A Studio; With One Hundred And Twenty-Six Illustrations And Diagrams By F. C. Lambert (1903), 110 pages

Practical Guide To Photography (1886), By Marion And Co, 315 pages

Practical Photography - Being The Science And Art Of Photography, Developed For Amateurs And Beginners By O. Wheeler (1881), 293 pages

Practical Pictorial Photography By A. Hinton (1902), 191 pages

Practical Pocket-Book Of Photography - A Short Guide To The Practice Of All The Usual Photographic Processes For Professionals And Amateurs By E. Vogel (1896), 230 pages

Practical Treatise On Enamelling And Retouching In Photography, 1886, By P. Piquepe, 84 Pages

Premieres LecʹOns De Photographie By L. Perrot De Chaumeux (1867), 82 pages

Remarks Concerning Certain Photographs Supposed To Be Of Early Date By M. Boulton (1864), 172 pages

Secrets Of The Dark Chamber By D. Davie (1870), 104 pages

Snap-Shot Photography Or, The Pleasures And Advantages Of Hand-Camera Work By M. J. Harding (1895), 78 pages

Studies In Photography By J. Andrews (1892), 231 pages

Sure And Easy Development Of Plates And Films By A. H. Hinton (1904), 80 pages

The "Agfa"-Book Of Photographic Formulae, 1910, By George L. Barrows, 133 Pages

The Advance Of Photography, Its History And Modern Applications, 1911, By A. E. Garrett, 483 Pages

The Air Brush In Photography, Incorporating A Progressive Series Of Lessons, (1920), By George F. Stine, 156 Pages

The Amateur Photographer - A Manual Of Photographic Manipulation, Intended Especially For Beginners And Amateurs By E. Wallace (1884), 212 pages

The Amateur Photographer; A Manual Of Photographic Manipulation Intended Especially For Beginners And Amateurs By E. Wallace (1897), 224 pages

The Amateur Photographer's Hand Book. A Manual Of Instruction For The Amateur By A. Hope (1890), 176 pages

The Art Of Photography Instructions In The Art Of Producing Photographic Pictures By G. Halleur (1854), 159 pages

The Art Of Retouching By J. P. Ourdan (1891), 123 pages

The Artistic Side Of Photography In Theory And Practice By A. Anderson (1910), 353 pages

The Barnet Book Of Photography - A Collection Of Practical Articles (1898), 320 pages

The Book Of Photography, Practical, Theoretic And Applied, 1907, By Paul N. Hasluck, 883 Pages

The Camera In The Fields. A Practical Guide To Nature Photography, 1905, By F. C. Snell, 259 Pages

The Chemistry Of Light And Photography In Their Application To Art, Science, And Industry, (1889), By Hermann Vogel, 313 Pages

The Chemistry Of Photography By W. J. Harrison (1892), 452 pages

The Colour Book Of Photography By L. Lorelle (1958), 222 pages

The Commercial Photographer, 1920, By L. G. Rose, 173 Pages

The Complete Photographer By R. C. Bayley (1914), 560 pages

The Dictionary Of Photography And Reference Book For Amateur And Professional Photographers, 1912, By E. J. Wall, 759 Pages

The Elements Of A Pictorial Photograph, 1896, By Henry Peach Robinson, 176 Pages

The Elements Of Photography By F. Fraprie (1919), 76 pages

The Evolution Of Photography - With A Chronological Record Of Discoveries, Inventions, Etc. By J. Werge (1890), 340 pages

The Fundamentals Of Photography By C. Mees (1921), 132 pages

The History And Practice Of The Art Of Photography, 1849, By Henry H. Snelling, 239 Pages

The Home Life Of Wild Birds; A New Method Of The Study And Photography Of Birds, 1905, By Francis Hobart Herrick, 182 Pages

The Modern Practice Of Photography By R. Thomas (1868), 101 pages

The Modern Practice Of Retouching Negatives, As Practiced By French, German, English & American Experts By P. Piquepe (1889), 73 pages

The Modern Way In Picture Making By The Eastman Kodak Company (C1905), 200 pages

The Negative And Print, Or, The Photographer'S Guide In The Gallery And In The Field Being A Text-Book For The Operator And Amateur By J. Towler (1870), 158 pages

The New Recreation. Amateur Photography: A Practical Instructor, 1884, By D. J. Tapley, 151 Pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1866), 425 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1867), 435 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1869), 460 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1870), 456 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1871), 446 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1872), 540 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1873), 626 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1874), 1217 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1875), 1049 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1876), 909 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1877), 905 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1878), 876 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1879), 440 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1880), 541 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1881), 450 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1882), 1008 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1883), 1054 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1884), 1007 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1885), 966 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1886 Pt. 1), 786 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1886 Pt. 2), 774 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1887), 832 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1888 Pt. 1), 916 pages

The Philadelphia Photographer (Volume 1888 Pt. 2), 888 pages

The Photograph And Ambrotype Manual : A Practical Treatise On The Art Of Taking Positive And Negative Photographs On Paper And Glass, 1858, By N. G. Burgess – 255 Pages

The Photograph Manual, 1862, By N. G. Burgess, 277 Pages

The Photographers' Book Of Practical Formulae By W. D. Holmes (1888), 268 books

The Photographer's Note-Book And Constant Companion By F. Lambert (1897), 104 pages

The Photographic Instructor By W. Adams (1888), 241 pages

The Photographic Instructor For The Professional And Amateur, 1888, By W.I. Lincoln Adams, 258 Pages

The Photographic Journal of America, the Oldest Photography, Volume 52, 708 pages

The Photographic Primer - A Manual Of Practice By J. C. Worthington (1896), 185 pages

The Photography Of Aquatic Animals In Their Natural Environment, 1908, 43 Pages

The Photography Of Moving Objects And Hand-Camera Work For Advanced Workers, 1910, By Adolphe Abrahams, 189 Pages

The Practice Of Photography - A Manual For Students And Amateurs By P. H. Delamotte (1855), 179 pages

The Principles And Practice Of Photography Familiarly Explained By J. Hughes (1880), 131 pages

The Progress Of Photography Since The Year 1879 By H. Vogel (1883), 372 pages

The Reducer's Manual, & Gold And Silver Worker's Guide By V. G. Bloede (1867), 171 pages

The Science And Practice Of Photography - An Elementary Textbook On The Scientific Theory And A Laboratory Manual By J. Roebuck (1920), 325 pages

The Selection Of Subject In Pictorial Photography By W. Tindall (1901), 124 pages

The Silver Sunbeam : A Practical And Theoretical Text-Book On Sun Drawing And Photographic Printing, 1873, J. Towler, 668 pages

The Sinclair Handbook Of Photography; A Practical Guide To The Processes Of Modern Photography, 1913, By J. A. Sinclair, 242 Pages

The Story Of Photography By A. Story (1899), 196 pages

The Theory Of Development By A. H. Nietz (1922), 199 pages

The Wellington Photographic Handbook By Wellington & Ward (1900), 165 pages

Three-Colour Photography: With Special Reference To Three-Colour Printing And Similar Processes, 1915, By Arthur Freiherrn, 188 Pages

Toning Bromides And Lantern Slides By C. W. Somerville (1904), 99 pages

Traite Des Insucces En Photographie; Causes Et Remedes By V. Cordier (1866), 67 pages

Traite Encyclopedique De Photographie Vol. 1 By C. Fabre (1889), 519 pages

Traite Encyclopedique De Photographie Vol. 2 By C. Fabre (1889), 407 pages

Traite Encyclopedique De Photographie Vol. 3 By C. Fabre (1889), 417 pages

Traite Pratique De Photographie Au Charbon By D. Monckhoven (1886), 106 pages

Traite Pratique Du Developpement - Etude Raisonnee Des Divers Revelateurs Et De Leur Mode D'Emploi By A. Londe (1892), 146 pages

Treatise Of Photography On Collodion By C. Waldack (1858), 185 pages

Trick Photography : A Handbook Describing All The Most Mysterious Photographic Tricks (1906), By Richard Penlake, 68 Pages

Uncle Alberts Manual Of Practical Photography And Guide To The Reproductive Processes, By P. Perry (1890), 106 pages

Unit Photography By F. M. Steadman (1914), 210 pages

Wild Life At Home : How To Study And Photograph It, 1901, By C. Kearton, 233 Pages

Wilson's Cyclopedic Photography : A Complete Handbook Of The Terms, Processes, Formulae And Appliances Available In Photography, Arranged In Cyclopedic Form For Ready Reference, 1894, By Edward L. Wilson, 521 Pages

Wilson's Photographics; A Series Of Lessons, Accompanied By Notes, On All The Processes Which Are Needful In The Art Of Photography By E. Wilson (1881), 361 pages

Wilson's Quarter Century In Photography. A Collection Of Hints On Practical Photography Which Form A Complete Text-Book Of The Art, 1887, By Edward L. Wilson, 534 Pages