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Why this oft-ignored pioneer of photography was doomed to obscurity & created the first staged photo

 
 

Starting last October, Vox began their Vox Darkroom video series, which shares "stories of the past, one photograph at a time." Since launching the series in the fall, Vox has published five episodes, all of which can be viewed below.

The latest episode is about Hippolyte Bayard, the first photographer to ever hold a...

Lens distortion and body dysmorphia: Are selfies causing more people to get nose jobs?

 
 

While "selfies" may not be the most common use of cameras for those of you reading Imaging Resource, it's nonetheless the case that a new video by Vox about why selfies can make your nose look bigger intersects with camera technology. The same phenomenon behind selfies making your nose look bigger can also help explain...

Why are old portraits so grim?

Have you ever noticed that people rarely smiled in old photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Vox discusses several theories for why this is in a newly-published video.

The first explanation as to why is that the exposure times were simply too long for people to be able to reliably hold a smile. It is much easier to maintain a...