Vernacular photography
An umbrella term used to distinguish fine art photographs from those made for a huge range of purposes, including commercial, scientific, forensic, governmental, and personal. Snapshots capturing everyday life and subjects are a major form of vernacular photography.
Featured Works
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"View of Astronaut Footprint in Lunar Soil"
NASA
July 20, 1969
Untitled
Unidentified photographer
c. 1900
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1967
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Unidentified photographer
1918
Late George Cling Peaches
Carleton E. Watkins
1889
Untitled
Unidentified photographer
c. 1930
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1980
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1945
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1970
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1945
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1930
Miss Gertie Millar
Unidentified photographer
c. 1905
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Unidentified photographer
c. 1917
The Story of my Life and Friends as Told by Snapshots fro...
Blanche Parker
1916-23