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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Having Fun With Landscape Photography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
John Pfahl used creativity, strategic placement of objects, changing vantage points, and a sense of humor to create his Altered Landscape series of photographs. Students will learn about his artist statements and methods and then create...
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Having Fun With Landscape Photography

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will learn about horizon lines in traditional landscapes and portraits, shadows and reflected light, and John Pfahl's Altered Landscapes. They will also create their own altered landscape photographs and portraits and write...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Land Through a Lens

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...
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George Eastman Museum

Photographers of the American West

For Students 9th - 10th
Original pictures of Westward expansion. Great activities and discussion questions for cross-curricular learning.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Panoramic Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy this collection of over 4,000 panoramic photographs of America from 1851-1991. Each of the 50 states is represented as well as several foreign countries and U.S. territories. Highlights of the collection include disasters, sports,...
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Harvard University

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
This photographic collection has over 2,000 images of American landscapes and architectural features built during the period 1850-1920. You can search by keyword, subject, by name, or by state.
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Other

Ansel Adams Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
A site featuring the breathtaking photography of Ansel Adams plus works of other contemporary landscape photographers. A fascinating collection of nature seen in black and white.
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Other

Amon Carter Museum: Eliot Porter: The Color of Wildness

For Students 9th - 10th
A website that includes a section designed specifically for teachers and a section specifically for students. Each section will introduce you to the wildlife photography of Eliot Porter and take you through the process of becoming a...
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Other

John Shaw Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful site full of wildlife photographs. John Shaw is also a lecturer on the subject and a naturalist. He gives seminars on nature phtography and the business aspects of nature photography as well as leading tours around the world.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Tips for Photographing Landscaping Beautifully

For Students 9th - 10th
Habitat Network encourages members to get in the habit of regularly photographing their sites, often yards, twice a year.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: 11 Times Photographers Who Share Totally Made Our Work Better

For Students 9th - 10th
Habitat Network celebrates the amazing photography shared throughout the project by various photographers.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Carleton E. Watkins

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Carleton E. Watkins is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape photography.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you'll learn digital photography basics as well as some more advanced skills so you can take great pictures.
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Other

Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer (Teaching Guide)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This guide provides a sampling of the vast number of photographs taken by Erwin E. Smith (1884?1947). It is designed for use with fourth through seventh grade young scholars and places particular emphasis on social studies and Texas...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Timothy O'sullivan, Ancient Ruins in the Canon De Chelle

For Students 9th - 10th
View photographs and read about the historical works of Timothy O'Sullivan in this essay.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Van Vechten was a photographer between 1932 and 1964. Here the LOC provides his portrait photography work of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance as well as a small collection of his American landscapes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Barbara Bosworth

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Barbara Bosworth is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with photography (primarily landscapes and nature).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Robert Newell

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Robert Newell is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Timothy H. O'sullivan

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Timothy H. O'Sullivan is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography including landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Pfahl

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Pfahl is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his published books on photography and his landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: William B. Post

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William B. Post is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Andrew Joseph Russell

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Andrew Joseph Russell is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sweeping landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles L. Weed

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles L. Weed is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his photography, including landscape photography (as seen in his Mirror Lake).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Franklin White

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Franklin White is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with landscape photography which he collect in "viewbooks."