Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to photography in Canada |
| Daguerreotypes |
| 2 | Hugh Lee Pattinson: Niagara Falls |
| Exploration and disaster |
| 3 | Richard Beard: British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition (1845-1848) |
| 4 | Richard Beard: Sir John Franklin |
| 5 | Paul-Émile Miot: Newfoundland and Cape Breton |
| 6 | Paul-Émile Miot: Mik'maq (Micmac) |
| 7 | Acadians, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1859) |
| 8 | Humphrey Lloyd Hime: Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition (1857-1858) |
| 9 | Northwest Boundary Survey (1857-1862) / British North American Boundary Commission |
| 10 | Fredrick Dally (1838-1914): Western Canada (ca 1870) |
| 11 | Charles Horetzky: Surveyor and photographer of British Columbia |
| 12 | Joseph Burr Tyrrell: Expedition to the barren lands (1893) |
| Indigenous peoples |
| 13 | Canada: Indigenous peoples |
| 14 | Inuit |
| 15 | William McFarlane Notman: Canada: First Nations |
| 16 | Geraldine Moodie: Inuit |
| 17 | Richard Harrington: The Canadian Arctic (1948-1953) |
| William Notman, his studios and associates |
| 18 | William Notman: Portraits |
| 19 | William Notman: Photography. Things You Ought to Know (1866) |
| 20 | William Notman: Photomontages |
| 21 | William James Topley: Canadian landscapes |
| 22 | William Notman: The construction of Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada (1854-1859) |
| 23 | William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background |
| 24 | William Notman: Our birds of prey: or, The eagles, hawks, and owls of Canada By Henry G. Vennor ... With 30 photographic illustrations by Wm. Notman (1876) |
| Stereoviews |
| 25 | Strohmeyer & Wyman: Canada |
| Portrait |
| 26 | Hannah Maynard: Self portraits |
| Documentary |
| 27 | The Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Life outdoors |
| 28 | Alexander Henderson: Canadian landscapes |
| 29 | Rosetti Photographic Studios: Canada: BC: Vancouver: Stanley Park (1912) |
| 30 | William James Topley: Hunting and fishing in Canada |
| Pictorialism |
| 31 | Introduction to Pictorialism in Canada |
| 32 | Canadian Pictorialism: Frederick George Ashton |
| Early colour photography |
| 33 | Early colour photography in Western Canada |
| Modernism |
| 34 | John Vanderpant: Canadian Modernism |
| Visitors to Canada |
| 35 | Paul Strand: Canada: Gaspé Peninsula |
| The scale of place |
| 36 | Emily Carr on Canada |
