Photography websites
Here are just a few of our favourite photography sites from the many out there. Feel free to get in touch and suggest others.
School & College sites
The Tallis Photography site.
Fortismere School GCSE photography site.
Canbury School Photography Department site.
Jon Kime's excellent resources and workshop ideas.
The Regis School photography website.
Fortismere School GCSE photography site.
Canbury School Photography Department site.
Jon Kime's excellent resources and workshop ideas.
The Regis School photography website.
Research
Either/And - Essays, discussions and slide sows exploring 8 related themes in contemporary photography.
A History of Photography - an excellent one-stop history of photography with information about processes, individual artists and movements in handy hypertext format.
The Missing Chapter: Black Chronicles - an amazing resource (and engaging web app) from the folks at Autograph ABP featuring an archive of black and ethnic minority portraits.
Photoquotes - a great source of quotations by photographers about photography.
Object: Photo - a fantastic Museum of Modern Art interactive website exploring avant-garde photography from the 1920s and 30s.
Wikipedia Photography pages. A great source of historical and technical information.
Visions & Images - a great series of video interviews with the greats of American photography.
Interviews with famous photographers - a series of downloadable archive recordings of interviews with Ansel Adams, Eve Arnold, Richard Long and Andy Warhol courtesy of BBC Four.
Josef Chladek's virtual photobook shelf - a wonderful collection of some of the most interesting photobooks ever published.
Achtung Photobook archive - another great collection of photobooks organised by decade.
Vincent Borrelli - rare and contemporary photobooks.
1000 Words magazine - a quarterly online magazine dedicated to critical engagement with contemporary photography in the UK and beyond.
ASX - American Suburb X is a wonderful resource packed with critical essays, interviews, reviews of books, exhibitions and photographs.
The British Journal of Photography online - the online version of the oldest running photography magazine. Great snippets of contemporary photo culture.
Conscientious (Extended) - longer articles about fine art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners. Thoroughly recommended.
Flak photo - an impressive collection of contemporary photographers.
Lux online - a great resource for film and video artists and their work.
Photo Triggers - a great resource for recovering community experiences through photography.
On this date in photography - a wonderful blog from James McArdle featuring fascinating stories about historical events in photography organised by date.
A History of Photography - an excellent one-stop history of photography with information about processes, individual artists and movements in handy hypertext format.
The Missing Chapter: Black Chronicles - an amazing resource (and engaging web app) from the folks at Autograph ABP featuring an archive of black and ethnic minority portraits.
Photoquotes - a great source of quotations by photographers about photography.
Object: Photo - a fantastic Museum of Modern Art interactive website exploring avant-garde photography from the 1920s and 30s.
Wikipedia Photography pages. A great source of historical and technical information.
Visions & Images - a great series of video interviews with the greats of American photography.
Interviews with famous photographers - a series of downloadable archive recordings of interviews with Ansel Adams, Eve Arnold, Richard Long and Andy Warhol courtesy of BBC Four.
Josef Chladek's virtual photobook shelf - a wonderful collection of some of the most interesting photobooks ever published.
Achtung Photobook archive - another great collection of photobooks organised by decade.
Vincent Borrelli - rare and contemporary photobooks.
1000 Words magazine - a quarterly online magazine dedicated to critical engagement with contemporary photography in the UK and beyond.
ASX - American Suburb X is a wonderful resource packed with critical essays, interviews, reviews of books, exhibitions and photographs.
The British Journal of Photography online - the online version of the oldest running photography magazine. Great snippets of contemporary photo culture.
Conscientious (Extended) - longer articles about fine art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners. Thoroughly recommended.
Flak photo - an impressive collection of contemporary photographers.
Lux online - a great resource for film and video artists and their work.
Photo Triggers - a great resource for recovering community experiences through photography.
On this date in photography - a wonderful blog from James McArdle featuring fascinating stories about historical events in photography organised by date.
Public galleries & collections
Tate galleries now with their very own photography curator.
The Photographers' Gallery in London has a new home and curates fantastic exhibitions, most of which are free.
The Museum of Modern Art New York, Photography Collection, containing online exhibitions of Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills and work by Andreas Gursky, Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Aleksandr Rodchenko amongst others.
The Hillman Photography Initiative at the Carnegie Museum of Art explores the creation, transmission, consumption, storage, potential loss, and reemergence of photographic images in contemporary culture.
The Museum of New Mexico Photography Collection, containing an online exhibition of thematically related work entitled Idea Photographic.
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Scroll down to find the alphabetical list of photographers in the collection.
New York Public Library Photography Collection, containing famous work by both Berenice Abbott and Lewis Hine.
The National Museum of Film, Photography and Television in Bradford.
The Victoria and Albert Museum Photography pages. Explore one of the oldest collections of photographs in the world.
The Photographers Gallery London. Check out current, previous and future exhibitions.
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.
The International Centre of Photography New York.
The Centre National de la Photographie Paris.
The Huis Marseille Foundation for Photography, Amsterdam.
Fotomuseum Winterthur in Zurich - an excellent collection of photographs from Robert Frank to the present day.
The Hasselblad Centre in Sweden.
The Photographers' Gallery in London has a new home and curates fantastic exhibitions, most of which are free.
The Museum of Modern Art New York, Photography Collection, containing online exhibitions of Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills and work by Andreas Gursky, Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Aleksandr Rodchenko amongst others.
The Hillman Photography Initiative at the Carnegie Museum of Art explores the creation, transmission, consumption, storage, potential loss, and reemergence of photographic images in contemporary culture.
The Museum of New Mexico Photography Collection, containing an online exhibition of thematically related work entitled Idea Photographic.
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Scroll down to find the alphabetical list of photographers in the collection.
New York Public Library Photography Collection, containing famous work by both Berenice Abbott and Lewis Hine.
The National Museum of Film, Photography and Television in Bradford.
The Victoria and Albert Museum Photography pages. Explore one of the oldest collections of photographs in the world.
The Photographers Gallery London. Check out current, previous and future exhibitions.
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.
The International Centre of Photography New York.
The Centre National de la Photographie Paris.
The Huis Marseille Foundation for Photography, Amsterdam.
Fotomuseum Winterthur in Zurich - an excellent collection of photographs from Robert Frank to the present day.
The Hasselblad Centre in Sweden.
Organisations
Lomographics - the home of the strange and wonderful world of Lomography. Don't think just shoot!
Magnum Photos - home to some of the greatest names in photo journalism.
Photoworks - a link to their youth showcase. Get involved!
Magnum Photos - home to some of the greatest names in photo journalism.
Photoworks - a link to their youth showcase. Get involved!
Commercial Galleries
photo-eye - sort images by photographer or genre/subject. Some fascinating work by great names like Eve Arnold and contemporary photographers.
artandphotographs - contains a wide variety of work and special collections including Man Rays important Electricite portfolio.
Morehouse gallery -contains some great work plus a collection of Harry Callahans colour photography.
Fraenkel Gallery - San Francisco, one of the most important commercial photography galleries in America.
Peter Fetterman Gallery - an excellent collection of work by famous photographers including Cartier-Bresson, Helen Levitt, Robert Capa and Elliot Erwitt.
Stephen Daiter Gallery - an great collection of work by a broad range of photographers with good quality scans of their work.
David Zwirner - we particularly like this resource about the work of William Eggleston.
artandphotographs - contains a wide variety of work and special collections including Man Rays important Electricite portfolio.
Morehouse gallery -contains some great work plus a collection of Harry Callahans colour photography.
Fraenkel Gallery - San Francisco, one of the most important commercial photography galleries in America.
Peter Fetterman Gallery - an excellent collection of work by famous photographers including Cartier-Bresson, Helen Levitt, Robert Capa and Elliot Erwitt.
Stephen Daiter Gallery - an great collection of work by a broad range of photographers with good quality scans of their work.
David Zwirner - we particularly like this resource about the work of William Eggleston.
Equipment & Reviews
First Call Photographic - a great source of equipment for UK schools.
Digital Photography Review - a thorough site for reviews of a wide range of kit.
Peta Pixel - tech and gear related reviews.
Digital Photography Review - a thorough site for reviews of a wide range of kit.
Peta Pixel - tech and gear related reviews.
Practical Guides
Photography Talk - plenty of support for the beginner and more advanced photographer.
The Student Art Guide - rich resources, inspiration and advice for Secondary Art & Photography educators.
The Student Art Guide - rich resources, inspiration and advice for Secondary Art & Photography educators.