Necessity is the mother of invention, and when Cindy Lichfield needed a way to photograph her jewelry without getting the usual hot spots, strange reflections and strong shadows that often show up in ...
A new book by Kathleen M. McDevitt begins with a promise and ends with a legacy that spans invention, war, and the quiet art ...
Corvids get most of the credit, but pigeons are in the same club as one of the smartest birds in the world. They can ...
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SAW a rapid improvement in photographic technology. In 1839, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre invented the daguerreotype photo process, which utilized a silver plate and mercury to ...