| Europe • UK | The Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain is formed by a group of collectors interested in meeting to discuss early equipment. |
| Europe • UK | The Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain is founded and shortens its name to The Magic Lantern Society in 1991. |
| North America • USA | Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan publish Evidence.
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North America • USA
| Susan Sontag publishes On Photography.
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| North America • USA | Grant Romer organizes an exhibition of Contemporary Daguerreotypes at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. This initial exhibition is one of the key events that encourages the resurgence of experimentation into early photographic techniques and processes. |
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