A Survey of the Photographic History of Arizona

Dr. Jeremy Rowe has collected, researched, and written about 19th and early 20th century photographs for twenty-five years. He has written Arizona Photographers 1850 – 1920: A History and Directory and Arizona Real Photo Postcards: A History and Portfolio, and curated exhibitions with many regional museums. He worked with the Library of Congress American Memory project, a digital historic photographic collection, and manages vintagephoto.com. He is the Director of Research Opportunity Identification for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs at ASU.

He will provide a survey of the photographic history of Arizona, stepping through by process, using images from the cartes-de-visite, stereo, cabinet and boudoir eras, emergence of amateur photography in the 1890s and into the post card era. He will be using examples from his extensive collection in an interactive presentation..