Photography Research Guide

Departmental Representatives

Most professional librarians serve as subject bibliographers for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with faculty members to develop the library's collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

The subject bibliographer for Photography is:

Gary Ginther, Fine Arts Librarian
Office: Fine Arts, 3rd floor, Alden Library
Phone: (740) 593-2664
E-Mail: ginther@ohio.edu

The faculty library liaison person is:

Gary Kirksey, Assistant Professor, School of Visual Communication
Office: Seigfred 301 C
Phone: (740)593-4893
E-Mail: kirskey@ohio.edu

Library of Congress Call Numbers

To find books about an individual photographer, do an author search on ALICE first. While most photography books are in the TR section in the Fine Arts Collection, many important photography books are classified elsewhere. You should also be aware that books by and/or about an individual photographer are often scattered in several locations in the TR secion. If you do not know the name of the photographer you are looking for, you may wish to consult some of the anthologies, general histories and websites listed below under Books and Reference Sources. Simply browsing the stacs can be amont the more effective search techniques. Always feel free to ask for assistance.

Books and Reference Sources

General Reference Sources:

The Abrams Encyclopedia of Photography, edited by Brigitte Govignon. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2004.
Location: Alden Arts Reference TR9 P4813 2004

Contemporary Photographer edited by Martin Marix Evans.
New York : St. James Press, c1995.
Location: Alden Arts Reference TR139 C665 1995

Photography at Bay : Interviews, Essays, and Reviews by John Bloom.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993.
Location: Alden Arts TR185 B46 1993

The Photograph by Graham Clarke.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Location: Alden Arts TR15 C566 1997

A History of Women Photographers by Naomi Rosenblum. 2nd ed., updated and expanded
New York : Abbeville Press, 2000.
Location: Alden Arts TR139 R67 2000

Technical Information:

Photography, by Barbara London. Longman, 1998.
Location: Alden Arts Reserve TR 145 L66 1998

Biographical Sources:

World History of Photography, by Naomi Rosenblum. Abbeville Press, 1997.
Location: Alden Fine Arts Reserve TR 15 R67 1997

New History of Photography, by Michel Frizot. Konemann, 1998.
Location: Alden Fine Arts Library TR 15 N 6813 1998x

American Women Photographers : A Selected and Annotated Bibliography by Martha Kreisel. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Location: Alden Fine Arts Library Z 7134 K 74 1999

Professional Information:

Photographer's Market Writer's Digest Books.
Location: Latest issue in Alden Fine Arts Reference TR 12 P 515

Finding Articles

Biography Resource Center
Contemporary Photographers and other biographical sources are included in this source, which often includes full-text articles on individual photographers.

Art Abstracts
When looking for information about individual photographers, author searches are generally more productive than subject and/or keyword searches. Art Abstracts indexes relatively few photography journals but is particularly useful for 'cutting edge' work.

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art
This is the best place to start for the history of photography. When looking for information about individual photographers, search by subject first.

Academic Search Complete
Useful for current photographers. For best results, use the photographer's name as a keyword search.

Periodicals

General photography periodicals:

• Afterimage
• Aperture
• Blind Spot photography
• Creative Camera
• DoubleTake
• European Photography
• History of Photography
• Image
• Lenswork quarterly
• See
• 21st

Professional Journals:

• News Photographer
• PDN (Photo District News)
• Photo Techniques

Popular Journals:

• American Photo
• Petersen's Photographic
• Popular Photography
• Shutterbug

Online Resources and Websites

Online Resources:

• Masters of Photography
• AP Photo Archive

NEW! Online photo management and sharing:

• http://www.flickr.com/
• http://www.shutterfly.com/
• http://www.snapfish.com/
• http://photobucket.com/
• http://www.slide.com/main/
• http://www.imageshack.us/

Websites:

• American Memory
• International Center of Photography
• American Museum of Photography
• American Photography: A Century of Images
• Center for Creative Photography
• George Eastman House