A J Morris and his lovely spouse
Welcome to our new ClassyArts blog. Our goal for this part of the site is to keep you informed on what is happening on the main site, and discuss the various topics of interest to users of that site.
Among those topics, dating and identifying old photographs will be a prominent feature. We will discuss here our ongoing research into the various characteristics and features that provide clues to when and how a particular photograph was taken.
Of course historic photographers have always been an important part of the ClassyArts site, and we will mention some of those here as well, with discussion on how and where we find the information about these — sometimes obscure — artists. The biographical details of some of the more colorful and interesting characters will also be featured in this section.
Various other topics related to the history of photography will be fair game for this blog, including topics like photo preservation and restoration, copying and digitizing old photographs, and copyright issues.
As we prepare an updated version of the ClassyArts site, to be introduced early in 2010, we have begun expanding and transferring our data on Little Known American Artists to a database that will be made available on the new site. So some discussion of 19th century American artists other than photographers will also find its way into these pages.
We also want your feedback and suggestions, which you can post as comments. If you have a particular photo you want help identifying, see the ‘about us’ page to find out how to submit it.
So be sure to bookmark this site and visit often. Over time, you will find tons of information here, and lots of pretty pictures.
