Click on any image or title to enter an exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of Color Photography, 1907-2007 DIRTY DEEDS! DAMES IN DISTRESS! COMPROMISING POSITIONS! There are plenty of clues-- but can you solve the mystery of these "True Crime" photographs?

EXCLUSIVE! SCOTT MUTTER: A MORE PERFECT WORLD Enter the private universe of Scott Mutter, America's Master of Montage. The only authorized web exhibit of Mutter's Surrational Images® -- and the only place to purchase artist-signed poster prints and original photomontages. A Flurry of Little White Lies Adds Up to a Blizzard of Photographic Fakes!

Just over 150 years ago, Japan ended centuries of isolation -- and photographers rushed in to document the nation's culture and its people. The camera also captured Americans caught up in the craze for all things Japanese -- the international fad known as Japonisme.

Dr. Jekyll meets Mr. Hyde... and a man gives himself a ride in a wheelbarrow... thanks to clever double-exposures made over a century ago.

SELECTIONS Some of our favorite images and most recent discoveries are featured in this changing exhibit. Now on view: a series of photographs that's all about light... plus platinum women... and a friendly chat. Previous Selections exhibit may be accessed at the end... or by clicking here.

Rare photographs offer glimpses of Black history... from slavery to Tuskegee

Ghosts & Ectoplasm Captured by the Camera! A child whispers "I see dead people" and millions of moviegoers feel a chill go up their spines. More than a century ago, however, photographs of ghosts were greeted as joyous proof that the spirit survives after death. Were these images the result of manipulations -- or miracles? View this exhibit, weigh the evidence... then, you decide.

The Outlandish World of William H. "Dad" Martin "Did You Ever Have A Dream Like This?" Roping a Rampaging Rabbit, Corn-Cobs the Size of Telephone Poles, and Other Tall Tales Brought to Life, 1908-1912

The Dogs Are Almost Human... and People Turn Into Pooches... In This Exhibit of Canine Camera Classics!

Forgotten for 60 years in a Massachusetts basement, these portraits by the first American masters of photography are from a group of 240 Southworth & Hawes daguerreotypes sold at a landmark auction in 1999. Presented with period readings and a report from the auction room floor.

	From the Invention of Photography to the Vision of Ansel Adams... Great Classics and Seldom-Seen Masterpieces, 1840--1975
An Eye for the World Photographs by Shotaro Shimomura ::: Rediscovered: Remarkable Images from a Trip Around the World 1934--1935
	At Ease Take a fresh look at some of the earliest photographs: AT EASE is a selection of American portrait daguerreotypes from around 1850 with wonderfully relaxed, cordial attitudes.
Of Bricks and Light Architectural Photographs 1845-1915 From the banks of the Ganges to the frontier streets of Laramie, Wyoming-- this international exhibition celebrates photography, architecture, and the creative spirit. Five galleries bring you grand vistas, fabled facades, destruction and preservation...and more.
	SMALL WORLDS  THE ART of the CARTE DE VISITE  These small card photographs--in a format generally used for portraits--pack a lot of visual punch in a very small space. This interactive exhibit includes interiors, groups, landscapes and pioneering photojournalism from the 1860s and 1870s.

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