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Ansel Adams
Today is the birthday (1902) of Ansel Easton Adams, U. S. photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the U.S. West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been...
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Daguerrotype
On this date in 1839 the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) announced the invention of the Daguerrotype, the first reliable form of photography and the first to come into widespread...
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Photography
Today is the birthday (1800) of William Henry Fox Talbot who was a British scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic...
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Georgia O’Keeffe
Today is the birthday (1887) of renowned U.S. artist, Georgia O’Keeffe, noted for images of big flowers, New York buildings, and (especially) scenes of New Mexico. She was a major player in the...
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Degas
Today is the birthday (1834) of Edgar Degas, born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, a French artist who is now mostly remembered for his paintings of dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of...
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