Photography Reference Resources
This guide lists reference resources for photography, in addition to the sources listed in the Reference Resources for Art guide.
Bibliographies | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |
Biographies | Directories | Surveys
Bibliographies
Try this first:
Photographers: A Sourcebook for Historical Research, Featuring Richard Rudisill's Directories of Photographers....
TR15.P474 2000 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference)
Additional resources:
American Women Photographers: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.
TR139.K74 1999 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
History of Photography: A Bibliography of Books.
TR15.R66 1989 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Try these first:
Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms.
TR9.B35 1991 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
PhotoSpeak: A Guide to the Ideas, Movements, and Techniques of Photography, 1839 to the Present.
TR15.M63 1998 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The Photography Encyclopedia.
TR9.M39 1999 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional dictionaries, with emphasis on methods and materials:
Encyclopedia of Photography.
TR9.I24 1984 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Encyclopedia of Practical Photography.
TR9.A46 1977 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography.
TR9.F6 1993 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The Photographer's Dictionary.
TR9.P59 1982 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Sources
American Photographers.
TR139.K73 1989 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Contemporary Photographers.
TR139.C663 1995 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference)
Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers, 1839-1900.
TR24.P4R54 1999 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours = Photographers Encyclopaedia International 1839 to the Present.
TR139.A94 1985 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A History of Photography: Significant People
Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators.
TR139.B767 1982 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Photographers on Disc: An International Index of Photographers, Exhibitions, and Collections.
TR139.P56 1996 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference)
Directories
The Photographer's Complete Guide to Exhibition & Sales Spaces.
TR12.P513 1985 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Photographer's Market.
TR12.P515 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Photographer's Resource: The Watson-Guptill Guide to Workshops, Conferences, Artists' Colonies, Academic Programs, Digital Imaging Programs, On-the-Road Programs.
TR161.C65 1997 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Surveys
A History of Women Photographers.
TR139.R67 1994 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
The Photograph.
TR15.C566 1997 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
Photography Until Now.
TR15.S965 1989 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.
TR15.H557 2000 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
A World History of Photography.
TR15.R67 1997 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)