Professional Portrait Photography - Techniques and Images from Master Photographers

One of the first historic photographs on record is a time-exposed French street scene created in 1839. In the years that followed, imaging art and techniques quickly improved. A photograph I recall vividly is a group portrait of Lincoln and his generals, created by Mathew Brady, who operated a popular portrait studio in Washington, DC, in the 1860s. Professional portraits became more popular via daguerreotypes and tin-types. Poses required exposures of up to a minute. Glass plates were
faster, but the processing required was clumsy. You may recall some of the portraits by prominent photographers of the 19th and early 20th century, including Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, August Sander, and George Hurrell.


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