National Portrait Gallery News

National Portrait Gallery acquires 140-year old album by Oscar Rejlander, the father of art photography

If you're a fan of combining multiple images to create a single artwork in Photoshop or one of its many rivals, you owe a tip of the hat to Oscar Gustave Rejlander, the man often referred to as the father of art photography. And what better way could there be to acknowledge his contribution to composite photography than to see a collection of never-before-exhibited Rejlander...

Photographer and National Portrait Gallery go head-to-head over image usage in wake of Prince’s death

 

 

Following recording artist, producer and actor Prince's untimely death on April 21st, there was an outpouring of emotions in the media and across the internet. Not surprisingly, a lot of fans and media outlets shared images and videos, many of these perhaps without permission of the rights holders.

Photographer...