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 occupationals |
| Early photographs of occupations |
| 2 | Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles |
| 3 | Richard Beard: Illustrations for Henry Mayhew - London Labour and the London Poor |
| 4 | Salt prints: Occupations and roles |
| 5 | Hill & Adamson: Newhaven |
| 6 | Ambrotypes: Occupationals |
| 7 | Albumen prints: Occupationals |
| 8 | Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles |
| 9 | Cabinet cards: Occupations and roles |
| 10 | Stereoviews: Occupations and roles |
| 11 | Real Photo Postcards: Occupations and roles |
| 12 | Gelatin silver prints: Themes: Portrait: Occupationals |
| 13 | John Thomson: Street Life in London |
| 14 | John Thomson: China, a travelling chiropodist |
| 15 | Japan: Street vendors |
| 16 | Joseph P. Babbitt: Engineers and Surveyors on the Kansas City Bridge (1869) |
| 17 | Guillaume Berggren: Occupationals |
| 18 | Roberto M. Gerstmann: Mining in Bolivia |
| 19 | Turkestan Album: Occupational portraits (1871-1872) |
| 20 | Naya & Schoefft: Pictoresque Cairo / Le Caire pittoresque - Occupationals (ca. 1875) |
| 21 | Hippolyte Délié: Occupational portraits |
| 22 | Ogawa Kazumasa: Japan: Occupational portraits |
| 23 | Alice Austen: Street Types of New York (1896) |
| 24 | Waldemar Franz Herman Titzenthaler: Types of German Workers |
| 25 | Eugène Atget: Occupationals |
| Occupationals of women |
| 26 | Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women |
| 27 | Occupationals of women |
| Lewis Hine and child labour in the USA |
| 28 | Lewis W. Hine: The reform of child labour in America |
| 29 | Lewis W. Hine: Agricultural labour |
| 30 | Lewis W. Hine: Coal mines |
| 31 | Lewis W. Hine: Cotton mills |
| 32 | Lewis W. Hine: News boys and girls |
| Studies of occupational types and "tipos" |
| 33 | Christiano Júnior: Tipos (Brazil) |
| 34 | François Aubert: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 35 | Merille: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 36 | Cruces & Campa: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 37 | William Saunders: Studio studies of the occupations of the Chinese |
| 38 | Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Portraits from China |
| Photographers |
| 39 | August Sander: Portraits |
| 40 | Irving Penn: Small Trades |
| 41 | Paul Strand: Italy: Luzzara: Occupationals |
| Examples of occupations |
| 42 | Barbers and hairdressers |
| 43 | Beggars |
| 44 | Blacksmiths |
| 45 | Butchers |
| 46 | Carpenters, cabinet makers and wheelwrights |
| 47 | Firemen |
| 48 | Miners |
| 49 | Policemen and policewomen |
| 50 | Popes |
| 51 | Porters |
| 52 | Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men |
| 53 | Sailors |
| 54 | Street vendors |
| 55 | Water carriers and water vendors |
