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Photo Exhibition Shines a Different Light on Wissahickon Valley Park
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Photo Exhibition Shines a Different Light on Wissahickon Valley Park

Infrared film photographer Dale McCarthy captures a familiar place in an otherworldly way

John T. Morris Takes Pictures of Port Richmond with His Kodak. It’s 1889.
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John T. Morris Takes Pictures of Port Richmond with His Kodak. It’s 1889.

A 19th century industrialist captures daily life with his point and shoot camera

A New Book Views Philadelphia From Above
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A New Book Views Philadelphia From Above

“Above & Across Philadelphia” gets high in the Quaker City

Journalism? To Some Extent. Nostalgia? If You Think So. Art? Well, Sure. History? Of a Certain Sort. Astonishing? Absolutely.
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Journalism? To Some Extent. Nostalgia? If You Think So. Art? Well, Sure. History? Of a Certain Sort. Astonishing? Absolutely.

In our media-saturated era, Hidden City’s big, new book project, PHILADELPHIA IN COLOR 1950-1990, may just transform how you think about the city.

Why We Are Making the First-Ever Color Photographic History of Philadelphia
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Why We Are Making the First-Ever Color Photographic History of Philadelphia

Here is why the world needs “PHILADELPHIA IN COLOR, 1950-1990.” Peter Woodall explains the motivation behind Hidden City’s big new book project

50 Years of Social Justice Through the Lens of Harvey Finkle
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50 Years of Social Justice Through the Lens of Harvey Finkle

A new retrospective at Woodmere Art Museum puts an accomplished Philadelphia photographer in the spotlight

Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool
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Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool

In her new book, Sarah Kaufman distills an endless summer in the Wissahickon

The Subjective Views of Three Mid-Century Photographers
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The Subjective Views of Three Mid-Century Photographers

Tim Kerner examines social change and urban renewal through the work of three Philadelphia photographers


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