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Introduction
This section offers a starting point for research for your Photograph Recreation project.
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Rose Krause, Librarian for Art
Step 1 - Search in Grove Art (Oxford Art Online)
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowArt reference works, including Grove Art Online (Dictionary of Art) and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Featuring articles, images, and bibliographies written by scholars in the field of visual culture.
Grove Art: Access restricted to 8 users at a time.
Benezit: Access restricted to 1 user at a time. Try again later if you cannot access these resources.
- Search for your photographer's name to see if there is an entry in Grove Art.
- View the Grove Art video tutorial available on Canvas (sign in with your EWU SSO).
- Use the PDF icon in the upper right area of the window to export a copy of the entry.
- Use the bibliography and publications list at the end of the entry to identify additional sources of information.
- Use the External Resources section at the end of the entry to link to works by the artist in museum and gallery online collection databases and catalogs. **Note: When I was using these links, I frequently encountered "Page Not Found" (404) errors. You may need to search the museum or gallery website to locate the information that was linked.
Step 2 - Request a Scan from Photography Enclyclopedias
Submit a request for a scan of the entry on your photographer from the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography (2008) and/or the Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography (2006). Both encyclopedias contain extensive entries about photographers, although their entries on current photographers will be limited as both encyclopedias were published before 2010.
To request a scan, click on the title of the publication below to go to the record in the EWU Library Catalog. Navigate to the "Get It" section and click "Request a scan of a chapter or excerpt":
In the next window that opens, click on "ARTICLE/BOOK CHAPTER" in the "Create Request" area:
In the "Title of Article/Title of Chapter" field, enter the name of your photographer:
Be sure to complete all other required (*) fields and then click "Submit". You should receive an email notification to your EWU email when the scan has been uploaded.
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference - TR9 .H25 2008, 2 vols.ISBN: 0415972353A "preview" PDF of the encyclopedia is available on the Taylor and Francis website and includes entries "A" through "Bausch and Lomb":
The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It sets out to be the standard, definitive reference work on the subject for years to come. Its coverage is global - an important 'first' in that authorities from all over the world have contributed their expertise and scholarship towards making this a truly comprehensive publication.The Encyclopedia presents new and ground-breaking research alongside accounts of the major established figures in the nineteenth century arena. Coverage includes all the key people, processes, equipment, movements, styles, debates and groupings which helped photography develop from being 'a solution in search of a problem' when first invented, to the essential communication tool, creative medium, and recorder of everyday life which it had become by the dawn of the twentieth century.
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference - TR642 .E5 2006, 3 vols.ISBN: 1579583938A "preview" PDF of the encyclopedia is available on the Taylor and Francis website and includes entries "A" through part of "Erwin Blumenfeld":
Photography is an international cultural form, practice, and profession. Encompassing art, advertising, journalism, fashion, commercial, political, and everyday photography, the field of photography also includes chemical processes, mechanical inventions, equipment, industries, movements, techniques, terms and concepts. In addition, photography has a considerable presence in public forums of all kinds, such as museums, archives, galleries, and publications. The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography brings together this rich history in three volumes. It explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force.
Locating Resources for Context
The best place to look for additional resources in order to build context is through the EWU Library Catalog, which contains scholarly journal articles, as well as books.
Consult the Art Research Guide for general information about how to search and obtain access to resources.
Please contact me if you have questions about how to search and obtain access to resources specifically about your photographer.