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 | Landscape: Rivers and streams |
| Photographers |
| 2 | Camille Silvy: River Scene (1858) |
| 3 | Victor Albert Prout: The Thames from London to Oxford in Forty Photographs (1862) |
| 4 | Emile de La Bédollière & Ildefonse Rousset: Le tour de Marne / décrit et photographie´ par Émile de la Bédollière et Ildefonse Rousset (1865) |
| 5 | Roger Fenton: Great Britain: Rivers and streams |
| 6 | Francis Frith: Illustrations for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hyperion (1865) |
| 7 | William England: Views of the Rhine and Its Vicinity / Der Rhein und seine Umgebungen [Series] |
| 8 | John Thomson: Views on the North River (1870) |
| 9 | John Thomson: Foochow and the River Min (1870-1871) |
| 10 | Emile Ninaud: Amur River region between Russia and China (1870s) |
| 11 | River explorations - John Wesley Powell (1869-1872) |
| 12 | Henry W. Taunt: The River Thames (1872) |
| 13 | Anselm Schmitz: The Rhine and its Environs [Series] |
| 14 | Carleton E. Watkins: Columbia River |
| 15 | William H. Bell: Colorado River (1872) |
| 16 | William Bell: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series [Stereoviews] |
| 17 | José Agusto da Cunha Moraes: Africa Occidental (1885) |
| 18 | Henry P. Bosse: Views on the Mississippi River |
| 19 | Sarah Ladd and Lily White: The Columbia River (1903) |
| Rivers |
| 20 | Paris: The Seine |
| 21 | England: The Thames |
| 22 | Italy: Rome: The Tiber |
| 23 | Egypt: The Nile |
| Contemporary |
| 24 | Contemporary perspectives on rivers and streams |
| 25 | Susan Derges: The River Taw |
