Below please find a list of reference works which I find quite useful and/or interesting. Please feel free to send me an email if you would like to suggest additional titles.
Afghanistan
- Khan, Omar. From Kashmir to Kabul. Photography 1860-1900
Africa
- Bensusan, A.D. Silver Images. History of Photography in Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1966
- Geary, Christraud M. In and out of focus. Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960
- Saint Léon, P.M. & Fall, N’G. Anthologie Revue Noire de la Photographie Africaine et de l’Océan Indien. Paris: Editions Revue Noire, 1998
- Stevenson, M. & Graham-Stewart, M. Surviving The Lens. Photographic Studies of South and East African People, 1870-1920. Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2001
Algeria
- Çelik, Z., Clancy-Smith, J. & Terpak, F. Walls of Algiers. Narratives of the City Through Text and Image. Los Angeles, Seattle & London: The Getty Research Institute & University of Washington Press, 2009
- Goldberg, I., Adés, M.-C. & Zaragozi, P. Photographies En Algérie Au XIXe Siècle. Paris: Musée-Galerie De La Seita, 1999
Anthropology / Ethnography
- Banta, M. & Hinsley, C.M. From Site to Sight. Anthropology, Photography, and the Power of Imagery. Cambridge, Mass.: Peabody Museum Press, 1986
- Edwards, E. Anthropology and Photography 1860-1920. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1992
- Fabian, R. & Adam, H.C. Masters Of Early Travel Photography. New York & Paris: The Vendome Press, 1983
- Falconer, J., Groenevelde, A., Maas, H. & Wachlin, S. From Bombay To Shanghai. Rotterdam: Museum voor Volkenkunde, 1994
- Fournié, P. & Gervereau, L. Regards sur le Monde. Trésors Photographiques du Quai d’Orsay, 1860-1914. Paris: Somogy Éditions d’art, 2000
- Hershkowitz, R. The British Photographer Abroad. The First Thirty Years. London: Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., 1980
- Howe, K. S. First Seen. Portraits Of The World's Peoples 1840-1880 From The Wilson Centre For Photography. London: Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Third Millennium Publishing, 2004
- Theye, T. Der Geraubte Schatten. Eine Weltreise im Spiegel der Ethnographischen Photographie. Munich & Lucerne: Bucher, 1989
Architectural Photography
- Bramsen, H., Brøns, M. and Ochsner, B. Early Photographs Of Architecture And Views In Two Copenhagen Libraries. Copenhagen: Thaning & Appel, 1957
- De Mondenard, A. Photographier L'Architecture 1851-1920. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994
- Lyons, C., Papadopoulos, J.K. , Stewart, L.S. & Szegedy-Maszak, A. Antiquity & Photography. Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005
- Pare, R. Photography And Architecture: 1839-1939. Montreal: Callaway Editions, 1982
Art Photography
- Bartram, M. The Pre-Raphaelite Camera. Aspects Of Victorian Photography. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985
- Billeter, E. Malerei Und Photographie Im Dialog Von 1840 Bis Heute. Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1979
- Coke, Van Deren, The Painter And The Photograph. From Delacroix To Warhol. Albuquerque: University Of New Mexico, 1972
- Ford, Colin [ed]. An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, with an interpretive essay by Roy Strong. .(1843-1847). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
- Hamber, A. A Higher Branch Of The Art. Photographing The Fine Arts In England 1839-1880. Great Britain: Gordon & Breach, 1996
- Jacobson, K. & Hamber, A. Étude D'Après Nature. 19th Century Photographs In Relation To Art. Petches Bridge: Ken & Jenny Jacobson, 1996
- Maclean, H. Photography for Artists. Brief and Useful Information Respecting the Many Uses of Photography in Various Walks of the Pictorial and Allied Arts. Bradford & London: Percy Lund & Memorial Hall, 1896
- Scharf, A. Art and Photography. London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1968
Australia
- Cato, J. The Story of the Camera in Australia. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1955
- Davies, A. & Stanbury, P. The Mechanical Eye in Australia. Photography 1841-1900. Oxford, New York & Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1985
- Jones, Philip. The Policeman's Eye. The Frontier Photographs of Paul Foelsche.
- Moore, D. & Hall, R. Australia. Image of a Nation 1850-1950. Sydney & London: Collins, 1983
- Main, W. & Turner, J.B. New Zealand. Photography from the 1840s to the Present. Auckland: PhotoForum, 1993
Belgium
- Abeels, Gustave. Les Pionniers de la Photographie a Bruxelles.
- Joseph, S.J., Schwilden, T. & Claes, M.C. Directory of Photographers in Belgium 1839-1905, Antwerp & Rotterdam: Uitgeverji C. de Vries-Brouwers, 2000
- Van Goethem, H. Photography and Realism in the 19th Century. Antwerp: The Oldest Photographs 1847-1880. Antwerp: Pandora, 1999
Brazil
- Ferrez, G. and W.J. Naef. Pioneer Photographers of Brazil. New York: The Center for Inter-American Relations, 1976
- Ferrez, G. O Rio Antigo do Fotógrafo Marc Ferrez. Rio de Janeiro: João Fortes Engenharia & Editora Ex Libris, 1984
- Ferrez, G. A Fotografia No Brasil 1840-1900. Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Nacional de Arte & Fundação Nacional Pró-Memória, 1985
Canada
- Cavell, E. Sometimes a Great Nation. A Photo Album of Canada 1850-1925. Banff, Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 1984
- Greenhill, R. Early Photography in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1965
- Greenhill, R. & Birrell, A. Canadian Photography: 1839-1920. Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1979
Cartes de Visite
- Darrah, W.C. Cartes De Visite In Nineteenth Century Photography. Gettysburg, Pa.: William C. Darrah, 1981
- McCauley, E. A. A.A.E. Disdéri and The Carte De Visite Portrait Photograph. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985
- Voigt, Jochen. Faszination sammeln: Cartes de Visite. Eine Kulturgeschichte der photographischen Visitenkarte.
- Wichard, Carol & Wichard, Robin. Victorian Cartes-de-Visite. Risborough: Shire Publications, 1999.
Ceylon
- Falconer, J. & Raheem, I. Regeneration. A Reappraisal Of Photography In Ceylon 1850-1900. London: The British Council, 2000
China
- Bennett, Terry. History of Photography in China 1842-1860
- Worswick, C. & Spence, J. Imperial China. Photographs 1850-1912. New York: Penwick/Crown, 1978
- Wue, R., Waley-Cohen, J. & Lai, E. K. Picturing Hong Kong. Photography 1855-1910. New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1997
Collecting
- Bennett, Stuart. How to buy photographs.
- Howarth-Loomes, B.E.C. Victorian Photography: a collector's guide. London, Ward Lock, 1974.
- Witkin, Lee D. & London, Barbara. The Photograph Collector's Guide. Boston, New Yortk, Graphic Society, 1980.
Collections
- Anninger, Anne & Mellby, Julie. Salts of Silver, Toned with Gold. The Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography.
- Bertelli, Carlo [ed]. I pionieri della fotografie. La collezione Robert Lebeck. The pioneers of photography. The Robert Lebeck Collection. Milano: Idea Books, 1988.
- Boom, Mattie; Et Al. Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum. Jaargang 42, 1994/3. (On the Rijksmuseum Collection)
- Boom, M. & Rooseboom, H. A New Art. Photography in the 19th Century. The Photo Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon
- Bernard, B. & Haworth-Booth, Mark. One Hundred Photographs. A Collection by Bruce Bernard. London: Phaidon, 2000
- Borcoman, James. Magicians of light. Photographs from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
- Dewitz, Bodo & Horbert, Wolfgang. Schatzhauser der Photographie. Die Sammlung des Fursten zu Wied.
- Hambourg, M. M., Apraxine, P. Daniel, M., Rosenheim, J. L. & Heckert, V. The Waking Dream. Photography's First Century. Selections From The Gilman Paper Company Collection.
- Heiting, M. & Janis, E.P. At the Still Point. Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection. Volume I, 1840-1916. Los Angeles & Amsterdam: Cinubia
- Roberts, P. & McCartney, P. Photogenic. From The Collection of The Royal Photographic Society. London & Hong Kong: Scriptum Editions, 2001
Color photography
- Agfa-Gevaert Foto-Historama. Farbe in Photo. Die Geschichte der Farbphotographie von 1861 bis 1981. Cologne: Josef-Haubrich-Kunstalle, 1981
- Coe, B. Colour Photography. The First Hundred Years 1840-1940. London: Ash & Grant, 1978
- Roberts, P. A Century of Colour Photography from the Autochrome to the Digital Age, London: André Deutsch, 2007
- Roseboom, Hans. Autochromes in Nederland, of: het begin van de kleurenfotografie (1). In Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum. Jaargang 55, 2007/4.
Crime
- Harlaar, Martin. Silent Witnesses. Photographs from the Amsterdam Police Archives. Bussum: Uitgeverij Thoth, 1998.
- Whitmore, Richard [ed]. Victorian and Edwardian Crime and Punishment. From old photographs.
Daguerreotype(s)
- Bajac, Q.; Et Al. Le Daguerréotype Français. Un Objet Photographique. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux : Musée d'Orsay, 2003
- Buerger, J. E. French Daguerreotypes. Chicago & London: The University Of Chicago Press, 1989
- Craig, J.S. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry. Torrington, Conn.: John S. Craig, 1994
- Foresta, M. A. & Wood, J. Secrets of the Dark Chamber : The Art of the American Daguerreotype. National Museum of American Art, 1995
- Gernsheim, H. and A. Gernsheim, L.J.M. Daguerre. The History Of The Diorama And The Daguerreotype. New York: Dover Publications, 1968
- Henisch, Heinz K. & Henisch, Bridget A. The Painted Photograph 1839-1914.
- Lowry, Bates & Barrett Lowry, Isabel. The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988.
- Rinhart, F. & Rinhart, M. The American Daguerreotype. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1981
- Rinhart, Floyd and Marion. American Daguerrian Art. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967.
- Romer, G. B. & Wallis, B. Young America. The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes. Göttingen & Rochester, N.Y.: Steidl and George Eastman House- International Museum of Photography, 2005
- Rudisill, R. Mirror Image. The Influence of the Daguerreotype on American Society. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971
- Wood, J. The Daguerreotype. A Sesquicentennial Celebration. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989
- Wood, John. The Scenic Daguerreotype. Romanticism & Early Photography. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995
Egypt
- Howe, K. S. Excursions Along The Nile: The Photographic Discovery Of Ancient Egypt. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1993
Erotic photography
- Hanson, Dian & Kroll, Eric. The New Erotic Photography
- Koetzle, Michael & Scheid, Uwe. Naughty Paris. Erotic photographs of the Twenties.
- Kohler, Michael. Das Aktfoto. Asthetik. Geschichte. Ideologie
Fashion photography
- Sartori, Franco; Et Al. 20 Anni di Vogue Italia 1964-1984
France
- Apraxine, P., Therond, R. & Mondenard, A. d. Une Passion Française. Photographies De La Collection Roger Therond. Paris: Filipacchi, 1999
- Bajac, Q.; Et Al. Le Daguerréotype Français. Un Objet Photographique. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux : Musée d'Orsay, 2003
- Buerger, J. E. The Era Of The French Calotype. Rochester: International Museum Of Photography At George Eastman House, 1982
- Buerger, J. E. French Daguerreotypes. Chicago & London: The University Of Chicago Press, 1989
- Jammes, A. & Sobieszek, R. French Primitive Photography. New York: Aperture, 1970
- Jammes, A. & Janis, E.P. The Art of the French Calotype with a Critical Dictionary of Photographers, 1845-1870. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983
- Kahane, Martine; Et Al. L' Opera de Paris.
- Lacan, E. Esquisses Photographiques A Propos De L'Exposition Universelle Et De La Guerre D'Orient. Historique De La Photographie- Developpements- Applications- Biographies Et
- Portrait. Paris: Grassart & A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856
- McCauley, E. A. Industrial Madness. Commercial Photography In Paris, 1848-1871. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994
- Marbot, B., Bonnefon, C. & Marillier, P. Une Invention Du XIXe Siècle. Expression Et Technique. La Photographie. Collections De La Société Française De Photographie. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1976
- Naef, W. J. & Marbot, B. After Daguerre. Masterworks Of French Photography (1848-1900) From The Bibliothèque Nationale. New York: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1980
- Pellerin, Denis. La photographie stereoscopique sous le second empire.
- Rouillé, A. La Photographie En France. Paris: Éditions Macula, 1989
- Voignier, J.-M. Répertoire Des Photographes De France Au Dix-Neuvième Siècle. Chevilly-Larue: Le Pont De Pierre, 1993
General Works & History of Photography
- Auer, M. & Auer, M. Photographers Encyclopaedia International (CD-ROM). Neuchâtel: Ides & Calendes, 1997
- Brettell, R. R., Flukinger, R., Keeler, N. & Kilgore, S. M. Paper And Light. The Calotype In France And Great Britain, 1839-1870. Boston, Mass. and London: David R. Godine and Kudos & Godine, 1984
- Coe, B., Cameras From Daguerreotype To Instant Pictures. New York: Crown Publishing, 1978
- Eder, J. M. History Of Photography. New York: Columbia University Press, 1945
- Edwards, G. International Guide To Nineteenth Century Photographers And Their Works. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988
- Eskind, A.H. Index to American Photographic Collections. Third Enlarged Edition. New York: G.K. Hall, 1996
- Falconer, J. & Hide, L. Points of View. Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs. London: The British Library, 2009
- Frizot, M. A New History of Photography. Paris: Bordas, 1994
- Gernsheim, H. & Gernsheim, A. The History Of Photography From The Camera Obscura To The Beginning Of The Modern Era. London: Thames And Hudson, 1969
- Greenough, S., Snyder, J., Travis, D. & Westerbeck, C. On The Art Of Fixing A Shadow. One Hundred And Fifty Years Of Photography. Boston, Toronto, London: Bulfinch Press/ Little Brown & Co., 1989
- Hannavy, J. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. New York & London: Routledge, 2008
- Johnson, W. S. Nineteenth-Century Photography. An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990
- Lécuyer, R., Histoire de la Photographie. Paris: Baschet, 1945
- Moriarty, S.R. Darkness and Light: Death and Beauty in Photography. Notre Dame, Indiana: Snite Museum of Art, 2009
- Rosenblum, N. A History Of Women Photographers. Paris London New York: Abbeville Press, 1994
- Rudisill, R.; Et Al. Photographers. A Sourcebook For Historical Research. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2000
- Sobieszek, R. A. Masterpieces Of Photography From The George Eastman House Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985
- Szarkowski, J. The Photographer's Eye. New York: The Museum Of Modern Art, 1966
- Szarkowski, J. Photography Until Now. New York: The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 1989
- Thackrey, S. Masterworks Of Photography From the Rubel Collection. Sacramento, California: The Crocker Art Museum, 1982
- Thomas, D. B. The Science Museum Photography Collection. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1969
- Victoria & Albert Museum, 'From Today Painting Is Dead'. The Beginnings Of Photography. London: Arts Council Of Great Britain, 1972
- Weaver, M. & Wolf, D. The Art Of Photography 1839-1989. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1989
- Witkin, L.D. & London, B. The Photograph Collector’s Guide. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979
Germany
- Baier, W. Quellendartsellungen zur Geschichte des Fotografie. Munich: Scrimer/Mosel, 1977
- Dewitz, Bodo von & Horbert, Wolfgang. Schatzhauser der Photographie. Die Sammlung des Fursten zu Wied.
- Dewitz, Bodo von & Matz, R. Silber Und Salz. Zur Frühzeit Der Photographie Im Deutschen Sprachraum 1839-1860. Köln und Heidelberg: Edition Braus, 1989
- Kempe, F. Daguerreotypie in Deutschland. Vom Charme der frühen Fotografie. Seebruck am Chiemsee: Heering-Verlag, 1979
- O'Brien, Maureen C. & Bergstein, Mary [ed]. Image and Enterprise. The photographs of Adolphe Braun.
- Peters, U. Stilgeschichte Der Fotografie In Deutschland 1839-1900. Köln: Dumont Buchverlag, 1979
- Pohlmann, Ulrich. Alois Locherer. Photographien 1845-1855
Great Britain
- Ashbee, F. & Lawson, Julie. William Carrick 1827-1878
- Baldwin, G.; Et Al., All the Mighty World. The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860. New York & London: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004
- Baldwin, Gordon. Roger Fenton. Pasha and Bayadere. Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996.
- Cox, J.; Et Al. Julia Margaret Cameron. The Complete Photographs. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003
- Davies, Sue [ed] & Collier, Caroline [ed]. Industrial Image. British Industrial Photography 1843 to 1986. London: the Photographers' Gallery, 1986.
- Dimond, F. & Taylor, R. Crown & Camera. The Royal Family and Photography 1842-1910. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1987
- Dimond, Frances. Developing the picture. Queen Alexandra and the art of photography.
- Eglon Shaw, Bill. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. A second selection. Whitby: the Sutcliffe Gallery, 1978.
- Gernsheim, Helmut. Lewis Carroll, Photographer. New York, Dover Publications 1969.
- Green, Lynn. Roger Fenton. Photographer of the 1850s.
- Harker, Margaret F. Henry Peach Robinson. Master of Photographic Art 1830 - 1901. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988.
- Harker, M. The Linked Ring. London: Heinemann, 1979
- Haworth-Booth, Mark. The Golden Age Of British Photography 1839-1900. Millerton, New York, London: Aperture, 1984
- Hiley, Michael. Victorian working women: portraits from life.
- Newhall, Beaumont. Frederick H. Evans. Photographer of the Majesty, Light and Space of the Medieval Cathedrals of England and France.
- Pritchard, M. A Directory Of London Photographers 1841-1908. Watford: PhotoResearch, 1994
- Roberts, Russell. Specimens and Marvels. William Henry Fox Talbot and the invention of photography. Bradford: Aperture, 2000.
- Schaaf, Larry J. Sun Pictures. Catalogue 3. The Harold White Collection of Works by William Henry Fox Talbot. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 1987
- Schaaf, Larry J. Sun Pictures. Frederick H. Evans. A logical perfection.
- Schaaf, L. J. Out of the Shadows. Herschel, Talbot, & the Invention of Photography. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1992
- Schaaf, L. J. The Photographic Art Of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000
- Seiberling, G. & Bloore, C. Amateurs, Photography, And The Mid-Victorian Imagination. Chicago and London: The University Of Chicago Press, 1986
- Stevenson, S. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Catalogue of their Calotypes taken between 1843 and 1847 in the Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1981
- Stevenson, S. & Morrison-Low, A. D. Scottish Photography. A Bibliography 1839-1989. Edinburgh: Salvia Books, 1990
- Taylor, R. Photographs Exhibited In Britain 1839-1865. A Compendium Of Photographers And Their Works. Ottawa: National Gallery Of Canada, 2002
- Taylor, R., Wakeling, E. & Bunnell, P.C. Lewis Carroll Photographer. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002
- Taylor, R. & Schaaf, L. J. Impressed by Light. British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007
- Taylor, Roger. George Washington Wilson. Artists & Photographer (1823-93). Aberdeen: University Press, 1981.
- Ward, J. & Stevenson, S. Printed Light. The Scientific Art of William Henry Fox Talbot and David Octavius Hill with Robert Adamson. Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery & Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1986
- Whitmore, Richard [ed]. Victorian and Edwardian Crime and Punishment. From old photographs.
History of photography (general)
- Coe, B. The Birth of Photography. The Story of the Formative Years 1800-1900. London: Ash & Grant, 1976
- Galassi, Peter. Before photography. Painting and the invention of photography.
- Gernsheim, H. & Gernsheim, A. A Concise History of Photography. London: Thames & Hudson, 1965
- Haworth-Booth, Mark & McCauley, Anne. The Museum & The Photograph. Collecting Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1853-1900.
- Jammes, Andre; Et Al. Un siecle de photographie. De Niepce a Man Ray.
- Jeffrey, I. Photography. A Concise History. London: Thames & Hudson, 1981
- Kempe, Fritz. Photographie zwischen Daguerreotypie und Kunstphotographie. Hamburg: Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1987.
- Macdonald, Gus. Camera. A Victorian Eyewitness.
- Newhall, B. The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day. London: Secker & Warburg, 1972 (1st ed., Museum of Modern Art, 1964)
- Thomas, Alan. The Expanding Eye. Photography and the Nineteenth-Century Mind. London: Croom Helm, 1978.
- Weaver, M. The Photographic Art. Pictorial Traditions in Britain and America. London: The Herbert Press, 1986
Hungary
- Bourgoing, Catherine; Et Al. Hungarian Photographs. Romanticism to Avant-Garde. Paris: Vilo Press, 2001.
India
- Dehejia, V.; Et Al. India Through The Lens. Photography 1840-1911. Munich, London & New York: Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2000
- Falconer, J.; Et Al. A Shifting Focus: Photography In India: 1850-1900. London: The British Library, 1995
- Falconer, J. India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900. London: The British Library & Howard and Jane Ricketts Collection, 2001
- Pelizzari, M.A. Traces Of India: Photography, Architecture, And The Politics Of Representation, 1850-1900. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2003
- Johnson, R.; Et Al. Reverie And Reality. Nineteenth-Century Photographs Of India From The Ehrenfeld Collection. San Francisco: Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, 2003
- Worswick, C. & Embree, A. The Last Empire. Photography In British India, 1855-1911. London: Gordon Fraser, 1976
Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
- Merrillees, S. Batavia in Nineteenth Century Photographs. Singapore: Archipelago Press, 2000
- Ouwehand, Liesbeth. Herinneringen in beeld. Fotoalbums uit Nederlands-Indie.Museum voor Volkenkunde. Toekang Portret. 100 Jaar Fotografie in Nederlands Indië 1839-1939. Amsterdam & Rotterdam: Fragment Uitgeverij & Museum voor Volkenkunde, 1989
- Theuns-de Boer, Gerda & Asser, Saskia. Isidore van Kinsbergen. Photo Pioneer and Theatre Maker in the Dutch East Indies.Zaltbommel: Aprilis, 2005.
Industrial photography
- Davies, Sue [ed] & Collier, Caroline [ed]. Industrial Image. British Industrial Photography 1843 to 1986. London: the Photographers' Gallery, 1986.
Iran (Persia)
- Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn. Sevruguin's Iran.
Ireland
- Chandler, E. Photography in Ireland. The Nineteenth Century. Dublin: Edmund Burke, 2001
Italy
- Carlo Ponti - un magicien de l'image / Zauberkünstler mit Bildern, Vevey: Musée suisse de l'appareil photographique, 1996.
- Becchetti, Piero. Fotografi e fotografia in Italia 1839-1880.
- Bouqueret, C. & Livi, F. Le Voyage En Italie. Les Photographes Français En Italie 1840-1920. Lyon: La Manufacture, 1989
- Constantini, P. & Zannier, I. Itinerario Fiorentino. Florence: Alinari, 1986
- Dewitz, Bodo von [ed]. Italien. Sehen und Sterben. Photographien der Zeit des Risorgimento (1845-1870)
- Helsted, Dyveke. Rome in early photographs 1846-1878
- Lundberg, W. B. & Pinto, J. A. Steps off the Beaten Path. Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Rome and its Environs. Images from the Collection of Delaney and W. Bruce Lundberg.
- Milan: Charta, 2007 Maffioli, Monica. Fratelli Alinari. Photographers in Florence.
- Pohlmann, U.; Et Al. Voir l'Italie et Mourir. Paris: Musée d'Orsay & Skira Flammarion, 2009
- Siegert, D. Venedig in Frühen Photographien 1848-1905. Ebersberg: Edition Achteinhalb Lothar Just, 1984
- Zannier, Italo. Segni di Luce. La fotografia italiana dall'eta del collodio al pittorialismo. Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1993.
Japan
- Bennett, Terry. Early Japanese Images. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. 1996.
- Bennett, Terry. Old Japanese Photographs. Collectors' Data Guide. London: Quaritch, 2006
- Bennett, Terry. Photography in Japan 1853-1912. Rutland, Vermont, Singapore & Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2006
- Boyd, T. Portraits in Sepia. From the Japanese Carte de Visite Collection of Torin Boyd and Naomi Izakura. Tokyo: Izakura & Boyd, 2000
- Coolidge Rousmaniere, Nicole [ed] & Hirayama, Mikiko [ed]. Reflecting Truth. Japanese Photography in the Nineteenth Century. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2004.
- Dobson, Sebastian. Art & Artifice. Japanese photographs of the Meiji Era.
- Naruyama, Akimitsu. Dr. Ikkaku Ochi Collection.
- Schwarzenbach, Christoph. Japanische Souvenir-Photoalben aus dem spaten 19. Jahrhundert. Sonderabzug aus den "Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Ostasiatische Kunst" Nr. 25, Oktober 1998.
- Tucker, A.W. The History of Japanese Photography. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2003
- Worswick, C. & Morris, J. Japan. Photographs 1854-1905. New York: A. Pennwick/Alfred A. Knopf Book, 1979
Korea
- Bennett, Terry. Korea. Caught in Time. Reading, Garnet Publishing Limited, 1997.
Medical photography
- Naruyama, Akimitsu. Dr. Ikkaku Ochi Collection.
Middle East & North Africa
- Aubenas, S. & Lacarrière, J. Voyage en Orient. Paris: Hazan, 1999
- Jacobson, K. Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839-1925. London: Quaritch, 2007
- Perez, N. N. Focus East. Early Photography In The Near East (1839-1885). New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988
- Vaczek, L. & Buckland, G. Travellers In Ancient Lands. A Portrait Of The Middle East, 1839-1919. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981
- Badr El-Hage, Des Photographes a Damas 1840-1918
Miscellaneous
- Anninger, Anne [ed]. Six exposures. Essays in Celebration of the Opening of the Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography.
The Netherlands
- Barents, Els [ed]. Fotografie in Nederland 1940-1975
- Bool, Flip [ed]. Fotografie in Nederland 1920-1940
- Boonstra, Janrense; Et Al. In Atmospheric Light. Pictorialism in Dutch Photography 1890-1925
- Coppens, Jan & Alberts, A. Een camera vol stilte. Nederland in the begin van de fotografie 1839-1875.
- Coppens, Jan, Roossens, Laurent & Deuren, Karel van. ".... door de enkele werking van het licht. Introductie en integratie van de fotografie in Belgie en Nederland, 1839-1869. Antwerpen: Gemeentekrediet, 1989.
- Coppens, Jan; Et Al. Het licht van de negentiende eeuw. De komst van de fotografie in de provincie Noord-Brabant.
- Leijzerzapf, Ingeborg Th.[ed]. Fotografie in Nederland 1839-1920
- Leijzerzapf, Ingeborg Th. & Botman, Harm. Henri Berssenbrugge. Passion - Energy - Photography.
- Magelhaes, Claude. Nederlandse Fotografie. De eerste honderd jaar.
Optical
- Magische Optica. Toverlantaarns, kijkdozen en andere vermakelijkheden. Leiden: Museum Boerhaave, 1996.
Pacific
- Abramson, J. Photographers of Old Hawaii. Honolulu: Island Heritage, 1976
- O’Reilly, P. Les Photographes à Tahiti et leurs Oeuvres 1842-1962. Tahiti: Les Editions du Pacifique, 1969
- Picasso, S. The Invention of Paradise. Tahiti and the Marquesas. Photographs by Paul-Émile-Miot 1869/70. Munich: Galerie Daniel Blau
Palestine (Israel, The Holy Land)
- Howe, K. S. Revealing The Holy Land. The Photographic Exploration Of Palestine. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1997
Panoramas
- Belgrave, Roland. Vintage photographic panoramas 1850-1950.
- Bonnemaison, Joachim; Et Al. Panoramas. Photographies 1850-1950. Collection Bonnemaison.
- Watts, Jennifer A. & Bohn-Spector, Claudia. The Great Wide Open: Panoramic Photographs of the American West
Photo Albums
- Maas, Ellen. Die goldene Jahre der Photoalben. Koln: DuMont Buchverlag, 1977.
- Schwarzenbach, Christoph. Japanische Souvenir-Photoalben aus dem spaten 19. Jahrhundert. Sonderabzug aus den "Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Ostasiatische Kunst" Nr. 25, Oktober 1998.
- Permutt, Cyril. Collecting photographic antiques.
Photographically illustrated books
- Foster, Sheila J.; Et Al. Imagining Paradise. The Richard and Ronay Menschel Library at George Eastman House, Rochester.
- Gernsheim, H. Incunabula Of British Photographic Literature. London & Berkeley: Scolar Press, 1984
- Goldschmidt, L. & Naef, W. The Truthful Lens. A Survey Of The Photographically Illustrated Book 1844-1914. New York: Grolier Club, 1980
- Parr, M. & Badger, G. The Photobook: A History. Volume I. New York: Phaidon Press, 2004
- Roosens, L. & Salu, L. History of Photography. A Bibliography of Books. London & New York: Mansell, 1989
- Wood, III, C.B. The Photograph and The Book, Catalogue 37. South Woodstock, Conn.: Charles B. Wood III, 1976
Photographic materials and techniques
- Coe, Brian; Et Al. Techniques of the world's great photographers.
- Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A guide to early photographic processes.
- Henisch, Heinz K. & Henisch, Bridget A. The Painted Photograph 1839-1914.
Photographic Theory
- Barthes, R. Camera Lucida. Reflections on Photography. London: Flamingo, 1984
- Batchen, G. Burning with Desire. The Conception of Photography. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999
- Edwards, S. The Making of English Photography: Allegories. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006
- Krauss, R.E. The Originality Of The Avant-Garde And Other Modernist Myths. Cambridge, Mass. & London: MIT Press, 1985
- Solomon-Godeau, A. Photography At The Dock. Essays On Photographic History, Institutions, And Practices. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991
- Sontag, S. On Photography. London: Allen Lane Penguin Books, 1978
Pictorialism
- Boonstra, Janrense; Et Al. In Atmospheric Light. Pictorialism in Dutch Photography 1890-1925
- Kempe, Erica und Fritz & Spielman, Heinz. Die Kunst der Camera im Jugendstil. Frankfurt am Main: Umschau, 1986.
- Leijzerzapf, Ingeborg Th. & Botman, Harm. Henri Berssenbrugge. Passion - Energy - Photography.
- Zannier, Italo. Segni di Luce. La fotografia italiana dall'eta del collodio al pittorialismo. Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1993.
Royalty
- Dimond, Frances. Developing the picture. Queen Alexandra and the art of photography.
- Ruitenberg-de Vries, Liesbeth [ed]. Europa's hoogadel op 's keizers kleedkamer. 30 jaar portretfotografie 1880-1910. Kasteel Huis Doorn.
Russia
- Mets, Jan. Het oude Rusland. Fotografie 1839-1917
Science
- Thomas, Ann; Et Al. Beauty of another order. Photography in science.
Singapore
- Falconer, J. A Vision of the Past. A History of Early Photographs in Singapore and Malaya. The Photographs of G.R. Lambert & Co., 1880-1910. Singapore: Times Editions, 1987
- Liu, Gretchen. From the Family Album. Portraits from the Lee Brothers Studio, Singapore 1910-1925.
South America
- Gesualdo, V. Historia de la Fotografía en América. Desde Alaska hasta Tierra del Fuego en el Siglo XIX. Buenos Aires: Sui Generis, 1990
- Hoffenberg, H.L. Nineteenth-Century South America in Photographs. New York: Dover, 1982
South East Asia
- Falconer, J. A Vision of the Past. A History of Early Photographs in Singapore and Malaya. The Photographs of G.R. Lambert & Co., 1880-1910. Singapore: Times Editions, 1987
- Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Des Photographes en Indiochine. Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine, Cambodge et Laos au XIXE Siècle. Paris: Marval & Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2001
Spain
- Fontanella, L. La Historia de la Fotografia en España desde sus Orígenes hasta 1900. Madrid: El Viso, 1981
- Kurtz, G. & Ortega, I. 150 Años De Fotografía En La Biblioteca Nacional. Madrid: El Viso, 1989
- Lopez Mondejar, Publio. 150 Years of Photography in Spain.
- López Mondéjar, P. Las Fuentes de la Memoria. Fotografía y Sociedad en la España del Siglo XIX. Barcelona & Madrid: Lunwerg Editores, 1989
- Rivero, Juan Antonio Fernandez. Tres dimensiones en la historia de la fotografia. La imagen estereoscopica.
Stereoscopic photography
- Darrah, W.C. The World of Stereographs. Gettysburg, Pa.: William C. Darrah, 1977
- Pellerin, Denis. La photographie stereoscopique sous le second empire.
- Rivero, Juan Antonio Fernandez. Tres dimensiones en la historia de la fotografia. La imagen estereoscopica.
- Waldsmith, John S. Stereo views: an illustrated history and price guide. Wallace-Homestead Bk. Co., 1991
Turkey
- Öztuncay, B. The Photographers Of Constantinople. Pioneers, Studios And Artists From 19th Century Istanbul. Istanbul: Aygaz, 2003
USA
- Andrews, Ralph W. Picture Gallery Pioneers. First photographers of the West 1850 to 1875. New York: Bonanza Books, 1964.
- Davis, K. F. An American Century of Photography : from Dry-Plate to Digital : the Hallmark Photographic Collection. New York: Hallmark Cards Inc. in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1999
- Foresta, M. A. & Wood, J. Secrets of the Dark Chamber : The Art of the American Daguerreotype. National Museum of American Art, 1995
- Henisch, Heinz K. & Henisch, Bridget A. The Painted Photograph 1839-1914.
- Mautz, C. Biographies of Western Photographers. A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997
- Naef, W.J., Heyman T.T. & Wood, J.N. Era of Exploration. The Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West, 1860-1885. New York: Albright-Knox Art Gallery & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975
- Palmquist, P.E. Carleton Watkins. Photographer of the American West. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1983
- Palmquist, P.E. & Kalibourn, T.R. Pioneer Photographers of the Far West. A Biographical Dictionary 1840-1865. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2000
- Richardson Fleming, Paula & Luskey, Judith. The North American Indians in early photographs.
- Rinhart, F. & Rinhart, M. The American Daguerreotype. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1981
- Romer, G. B. & Wallis, B. Young America. The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes. Göttingen & Rochester, N.Y.: Steidl and George Eastman House- International Museum of Photography, 2005
- Rowe, Jeremy. 1850-1920 Photographers in Arizona. A History & Directory. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997.
- Rudisill, R. Mirror Image. The Influence of the Daguerreotype on American Society. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971
- Rule, Amy [ed]. Carleton Watkins. Selected texts and bibliography.
- Sandweiss, M.A. Photography in Nineteenth-Century America. Fort Worth & New York: Amon Carter Museum & Harry H. Abrams, 1991
- Taft, R.F. Photography And The American Scene. A Social History, 1839-1889. New York: Dover, 1938
- Watts, Jennifer A. & Bohn-Spector, Claudia. The Great Wide Open: Panoramic Photographs of the American West
Vernacular photography
- Appollo, K. Humble Work & Mad Wanderings. Street Life in the Machine Age. Nevada City: Carl Mautz, 1997
- Coe, B. & Gates, P. The Snapshot Photograph. The Rise of Popular Photography 1888-1939. London: Ash & Grant, 1977
- Fineman, M. Other Pictures. Anonymous Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection. Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers, 2000
- Greenough, S. & Waggoner, D. The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978 from the Collection of Robert E. Jackson. Washington, D.C. & Princeton: National Gallery of Art & Princeton University Press, 2007
- Johnson, R.F. & Boyd, W. Anonymous. Enigmatic Images from Unknown Photographers. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004
War photography
- Lewinksi, Jorge. The Camera at War. War photography from 1848 to the present day. London: W.H. Allen & Co, 1978.