Photographers a Sourcebook for Historical Research

Completely revised edition, featuring Richard Rudisill's Directories of Photographers, an annotated international bibliography, and six new essays on photography research. Included are David Haynes' "how to" essay expanded to include new resources provided by the advent of the computer and the World Wide Web); Linda Ries' sequel to her fascinating story of photographer Charles Lochman (the original essay is included in the appendix); Jeremy Rowe's report on legal issues pertaining to reproducing photographs; Drew Johnson's case study on utilizing a regional collection of photographs at the Oakland museum; Steve Knoblock's history of his innovative photo history web site; and Peter Palmquist's essay on his research agency, "Women in Photography International Archive." Foreword by Martha A Sandweiss, Professor, Amherst College.

1991 ed. Table of contents: pt. 1. The experience of regional directory research. 1. Where did you find that one : sources for finding dead photographers / David Haynes. 2. Looking for Lochman : researching a historical photographer / Linda A. Ries. 3. California photographers : a personal account of regionalism in practice / Peter E. Palmquist. 4. Regional photographic history in Europe : a review of methodology and sources / Steven F. Joseph. 5. Combining directory research with demographic analysis / Ron Polito. 6. Ruminations after a bibliography of directory research / Richard Rudisill -- pt. 2. Directories of photographers : an annotated world bibliography / compiled by Richard Rudisill.