
Photography: Home
Online Publications in Our Databases
Flipster is a great tool for reading publications online and through their app. Current issues and an archive of back issues are available for the following photography related publications:
- Exact Editions Magazines This link opens in a new window
A web and app solution for complete digital magazine archives, including Aesthetica, AnOther, Another Man, Art Monthly, Cineaste, Cover, Creative Review, Dazed, Foam, and Sight & Sound.
The New York Times is also fully accessible as an SVA affiliated student or faculty member. This link aggregates all photography content from the NYTIMES.
Check out the databases below for lots of articles, reviews and essays on photography.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full text scholarly database of 2,800 multidisciplinary journal titles focused on the arts, humanities and social sciences. **Artstor has moved to the JSTOR platform as of August 1, 2024** Artstor images document artistic traditions across many time periods and cultures including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Digital images come from museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The collection is over 2+ million images. Users must create a personal account.
- Harper's Bazaar Archive This link opens in a new window
- Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Browse Images
If your looking for images you can search our databases and other online archives listed below:
- Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- NYPL Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
- Colourbox This link opens in a new window
Periodicals
A number of magazines and journals on photography are in our collection at the library. Here is a sampling:
Women Photographers
Women have made significant contributions to photography since its inception. Here are some photography books by women in our collection:
Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity
Publication Date: 2019Diane Arbus
Publication Date: 2016Lola Alvarez Bravo by
Publication Date: 2006Rineke Dijkstra: the Louisiana Book
Publication Date: 2018Nan Goldin
Publication Date: 2010Annie Leibovitz at Work by
Publication Date: 2018Helen Levitt
Publication Date: 2008Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series
Publication Date: 2016Shirin Neshat by
Publication Date: 2013Graciela Iturbide's Mexico
Publication Date: 2019Lorna Simpson
Publication Date: 2013
Ebooks
Here are a few available ebooks from Proquest. There are many more in the Proquest ebook library about photography, photographers and many related topics. Enter your search terms on the site's search bar and discover different titles on demand. Once you input a search, make sure to tick off the option "Owned and subscribed to by my library" on the left hand side's delimiter table under 'Book Status.'
Photography after Photography by
Publication Date: 2017Stories from the Camera by
Publication Date: 2016Image Operations by
Publication Date: 2016Awakening the Eye by
Publication Date: 2015On Photography by
Publication Date: 2015Fifty Key Writers on Photography by
Publication Date: 2013Making Photography Matter by
Publication Date: 2015Photography: History and Theory by
Publication Date: 2012Photography and Cinema by
Publication Date: 2008The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography by
Publication Date: 2007Seeing America by
Publication Date: 1999
History
Books tracing the origins and progression of photography from its humble beginnings in daguerreotypes to the gradual mastering of photographic portraits, techniques, and negatives.
Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography by
Publication Date: 2017A history of women photographers by
Publication Date: 2010A history of photography : the Musée d’Orsay collection, 1839-1925 by
Publication Date: 2009World History of Photography by
Publication Date: 2007Burning with desire : the conception of photography by
Publication Date: 1997The Burden of Representation: Essays on Photographies and Histories by
Publication Date: 1988
Criticism
Various titles with collections of essays, reviews, and lectures.
Crisis of the real : writings on photography by
Publication Date: 2010Camera Lucida : reflections on Photography by
Publication Date: 2010Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics
Publication Date: 2003On photography by
Publication Date: 1977Ways of Seeing by
Publication Date: 1972
BFA Photography Departmental Representative
MPS Digital Photography Departmental Representative
Library Resources
- Prism CatalogSearch for books, ebooks, movies, articles, magazines, images and more in the SVA Library.
- A-Z DatabasesFind millions of articles and images using our e-resources.
- Research Tools & Information LiteracyA guide to doing research, evaluating sources, writing, citing, plagiarism, and copyright.
Miscellaneous Websites
Noteworthy pages to expand your search:
Suggest a Purchase
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New York New York
From iconic landmarks like the Flatiron Building and Times Square to the visual poetry of New York City's streets and skyline...
Point of view : me, New York City, and the punk scene by
Publication Date: 2018Peter Hujar : lost downtown
Publication Date: 2016Store front : the disappearing face of New York by
Publication Date: 2015The radical camera : New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951 by
Publication Date: 2011Alfred Stieglitz New York by
Publication Date: 2010Back in the days by
Publication Date: 2001New York : 365 days from the photo archives of the New York times
Publication Date: 2006