Mit dem Archiv der Fotografen bietet die Deutsche Fotothek ein mehr als zwei Millionen Bilder umfassendes Schaufenster für die Werke bedeutender deutscher oder in Deutschland arbeitender Fotografen aus dem Bestand der Deutschen Fotothek und aus den Sammlungen unserer Partner.
Die partizipative Zeitmaschine
Früher gab es kein GPS. Daher brauchen wir Sie, um die genaue geografische Position von historischen Bilder wiederzufinden.
Institutions in the field of culture - like museums or archives - are keepers of collections of historical photographs. This website tries to establish a catalogue of such photographic collections in Germany.
Flickr ist die wahrscheinlich beste Online-Fotoplattform der Welt. Präsentieren Sie der ganzen Welt Ihre Lieblingsfotos, zeigen Sie sicher und privat Ihren Freunden und Familienmitgliedern Fotos, oder bloggen Sie die Fotos und Videos, die Sie mit dem Handy aufgenommen haben.
On May 2nd, 1601 (or 1602), German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher was born. He has published most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine, and has been compared to Leonardo da Vinci for his enormous range of interests. He is regarded as one of the founders of Egyptology for his (mostly fruitless) efforts in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, wrote an encyclopedia about China, studied volcanos and fossils, was one of the very first to observe microbes thorough a microscope, and experimented with the laterna magica as a predecessor of photography.
On March 7, 1765, French inventor Nicéphore Niépce was born, who is best known as one of the inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field. He developed heliography, a technique used to produce the world's first known photograph in 1825.
On March 7, 1765, French inventor Nicéphore Niépce was born, who is best known as one of the inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field. He developed heliography, a technique used to produce the world's first known photograph in 1825.
On February 21, 1947, American scientist and inventor Edwin Land introduced the very first instant camera together with an associated film. Land's new camera would allow people to produce a black and white photograph in about sixty seconds. The new film already contained the necessary chemicals to develop and fix the image directly on the photographic paper.
On February 20, 1902, American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Easton Adams was born. He is best known for his black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park. Together with Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print.