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 | People of the world |
| 2 | Enhanced reality and peoples of the world |
| 3 | Introduction to human zoos |
| Different formats |
| 4 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic |
| 5 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Indians |
| 6 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Chinese |
| 7 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Native Americans |
| 8 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Spanish |
| 9 | Richard Beard: Illustrations for Henry Mayhew - London Labour and the London Poor |
| 10 | Acadians, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1859) |
| 11 | Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes |
| 12 | Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes |
| 13 | Cabinet cards: Ethnic and traditional costumes |
| 14 | Helen Edlund: Swedish folk costumes |
| 15 | Japanese ambrotypes |
| 16 | Alexander Gardner: Ogallalla Sioux (May, 1872) |
| 17 | John William Lindt: Aborigines |
| 18 | Charles Kerry: Aborigines |
| 19 | Carl Lumholtz: Mexico and the measurement of man (1890s) |
| Studies of occupational types and "tipos" |
| 20 | Christiano Júnior: Tipos (Brazil) |
| 21 | François Aubert: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 22 | Merille: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 23 | Cruces & Campa: Tipos (Mexico) |
| 24 | William Saunders: Studio studies of the occupations of the Chinese |
| 25 | Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Portraits from China |
| 26 | William J. Johnson: Photographs of Western India. Volume I. Costumes and Characters (ca. 1855-1862) |
| 27 | J. Forbes Watson & John William Kaye (eds.): The People of India (1868-1872) |
| 28 | Pascal Sebah: Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 |
| 29 | Emilio Biel & Ca.: Album de Phototypico Vistas e Costumes do Norte de Portugal (ca. 1900) |
| 30 | Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian |
| 31 | Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin: The Bantu Tribes of South Africa (1928-1954) |
| Documenting the world in colour |
| 32 | Albert Kahn: Archives of the Planet (1909-1931) |
| People of all Nations |
| 33 | Aborigines |
| 34 | King Billy - A scandal in Tasmania (ca. 1835-1869) |
| 35 | Andamanese |
| 36 | Arabs |
| 37 | Argentinians |
| 38 | Brazilians |
| 39 | Cossacks |
| 40 | Dervishes |
| 41 | Ecuadorians |
| 42 | Inuit |
| 43 | Japanese |
| 44 | Jews |
| 45 | Mexicans |
| 46 | Peruvians |
| 47 | Persians |
| 48 | Russians |
| 49 | Samoans |
| 50 | Sápmi: Lapps (Sami or Saami) |
| 51 | Spaniards |
| 52 | Zulus |
| Stereotypes |
| 53 | Stereotypical portraits in nineteenth century Italy |
| The merging of races |
| 54 | Augustus Francis Sherman: Ellis Island portraits |
| Socio-cultural studies |
| 55 | Icons of the South - Portraits of Ouleds-Nails (Algeria 1860-1910) |
| Questioning identity |
| 56 | Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: An Indian from India |
