Photography (2024): Background & Reference

Use these books (and other reference books), found in the Reference Collection on the ground floor of the library, as a starting place for your research.  They are a good place to:

• find background information on your photographers
• get book lists ("bibliography" or "references")
• research country, period, style, contemporaries: what was/is their life like?

Search this encyclopedia for genres, movements, and people.

The International Center of Photography and other museum websites often put artist bios online. To narrow down a Google search to results from museums, simply search your artist's name + museum.

Example: Robert Capa + museum

Credo is a large collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries on all subjects; it also contains core titles such as the Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art & Artists

To browse, check out:

• 100 Ideas that Changed Photography