NEW REALITIES/ PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Presenting a selection of more than 300 photographs from the large and important collection of the Rijksmuseum, New Realities provid es an impressive overview of the international development of photography. Major highlights include the earliest travel photos, moti on studies by Eadweard Muybridge, advertising photography, portraiture, scenes of everyday life, the earliest photograph taken in Su riname and amazing shots that were made by microscopes and telescopes.The invention of photography in 1839 led to a revolution in vi sual cul...[Read more]