Black-and-white photography Articles
Jun 11, 2012
Since its invention in the mid 19th century, photography has been at the forefront of progressive art making traditions—so its presence in The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900 is no surprise. By...
May 31, 2012
This weekend marks your last chance to experience the special exhibition
Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964
, on view at the de Young until June 3. As book designer and guest blogger Martin...
May 10, 2012
Before there were digital image files and even before there was film, photographers captured images on glass plate negatives. In the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco there are over seventy of these glass...