Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Photography/History of Photography/Archive 1

Lemuel Cook.jpeg
image:Lemuel Cook.jpeg has been nominated for deletion. This is a photo of one of only 7 veterans of the American War of Independence to have been photographed. -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:45, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Les Forgerons.jpg
image:Les Forgerons.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:36, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

WP: Exhibitions
In light of the increase in GLAM projects internationally, I'd like to start a new WikiProject, WP:Exhibitions to help coordinate activities around major museum and gallery exhibitions. If you are interested in the project, please contact me here or on my talk page. I'm hoping to establish guidelines for creating, editing, and tagging articles on major exhibitions and to begin improving articles in this area of Wikipedia. OR drohowa (talk) 19:35, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Good idea! I just added one and was wondering the same thing. Jane (talk) 09:15, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Interested in collaborating on a quick DYK article?
Ella E. McBride, an assistant to Edward S. Curtis, would make a great DYK. Has references, just needs some prose ... Djembayz (talk) 23:50, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject History of Photography at Wikimania 2014
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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Australian photographers class project
Hi there! I'm a teacher at a photography college in Melbourne, Australia. Next year I am setting a Wikipedia research and writing assignment for my students which will hopefully improve the number of articles currently available on Australian photographers. If anyone would like to offer advice or help that would be great. I will publish the list of photographers we hope to cover soon. Louibu (talk) 01:22, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Do you have a Wiki course page? Bms4880 (talk) 14:17, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

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Roman Vishniac FAR
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Women in photography
In connection with Women's History Month 2013, we are trying to develop coverage of Women in photography, just as we covered Women in architecture last year. There is already a basic list which we need to expand but we also need to write an article on the topic — I could make a start myself in a week or two if there are no other volunteers. Furthermore, I am sure we will discover lots of additional names, organisations, etc., which will require articles. We should try to get started quickly as March is Women's History Month. Anyone interested in participating? --Ipigott (talk) 10:59, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm in. I'll need to research the topic for a few days.  Bms4880 (talk) 22:21, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added Fay Godwin to the list as she was an important British landscape photographer, also started a stub article on Australian photographer Polixeni Papapetrou whose importance can be judged from at least a dozen solo exhibitions and being in 30 permanent collections (see her website for many examples of her work). Samatarou (talk) 05:17, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm happy to help (and have already added names to the list), but unfortunately my time will be limited. -- Hoary (talk) 00:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Does anyone know the oldest known photograph taken by a woman? I found something that said it was taken by Henry Fox Talbot's wife, Constance, but I can't find the photograph.  Bms4880 (talk) 18:47, 6 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Please see the evolving article Women in photography for early photographs taken by women.--Ipigott (talk) 13:17, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Great work on that article! As for the List of photographers, would a sortable list be better, or should it be divided by country, like the List of women photographers?  Bms4880 (talk) 14:13, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. User Sionk was the one who came up with the idea of sorting by country in his List of female architects. I rather like it and it seems to work. It would also be a useful basis for developing separate lists of photographers by country. A sortable list is difficult to set up and may not be easy to manipulate by those who are not familiar with the markup, etc. But let's wait to see if there are other reactions.--Ipigott (talk) 16:33, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Are we keeping or ditching the key? Bms4880 (talk) 18:50, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't think it is very helpful. I would like to see a full revision. What do you think yourself? --Ipigott (talk) 21:53, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Reorganized
I went ahead and reorganized by country. I kept the key for now. If the photographer had more than one country, I went with the best choice based on the article, and I used country of origin when in doubt. Bms4880 (talk) 18:23, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Afghan_Girl#Requested_move_22_April_2014
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Afghan_Girl. Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 20:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Nikon articles info request from another user.
Copied from my talk page:


 * Hi, I have been reading some of the Nikon articles.  I noticed that you contributed significantly to Nikon F90   This article and others seem to give a different evolutionary lineage than is implied by the common chart posted at most of the articles.  I collect Nikons and have many of these cameras.  I'm trying to figure out the evolution of the 35mm AF series, especially the upper end cameras and fill-in the cameras missing from my collection.  Here are a few of my nicer AFs:    The main collection is at    BTW, these are available for free use on WP, and I'm happy to provide a release.  I'm not writing much at WP but fully support the project as I can.


 * Is there a group who is coordinating then Nikon articles at all? Best regards,  Kevin    --Kevin Murray (talk) 00:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

I've referred the guy to this page, so if anyone has anything to add, please do so here. Thanks, Ubcule (talk) 13:16, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Seydou Keïta (photographer) listed at Requested moves
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Women in photography
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I am pleased to see there have been a number of contributions to this project over the past month.--Ipigott (talk) 15:20, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

High-dynamic-range imaging listed at Requested moves
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userbox image used in template
Hello. I think that we could have a clearer image for the WikiProject History of photography portal bars (than the current ). What about, , or  ? --Angerdan (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Angerdan (talk) 15:10, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Nomination for merging of Template:WikiProject History of photography
Template:WikiProject History of photography has been nominated for merging with Template:WikiProject Photography. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Qono (talk) 01:17, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Reliable sources
What are some of the best sources we are using for famous pictures and photographers in the history of photography? Is there a good place to read up on adding a new article on a particular photographer or photo(s)? I'd like to get it right the first time if I make a new article. --David Tornheim (talk) 03:42, 22 April 2019 (UTC) I did find this: WikiProject_Photography/History_of_Photography/Resources. If there are other thought on this, I'm all ears. --David Tornheim (talk) 04:17, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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