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 London |
| Diorama |
| 2 | Contemporary accounts of the Diorama - Regent's Park. London (1830) |
| Daguerreotypes |
| 3 | Daguerreotypes: London |
| 4 | Richard Beard: Trade card |
| 5 | Richard Beard: Illustrations for Henry Mayhew - London Labour and the London Poor |
| Salt prints |
| 6 | Henry Fox Talbot: London |
| Documentary |
| 7 | Exhibitions: 1851 Crystal Palace |
| 8 | Philip Henry Delamotte: The Crystal Palace (1854-1855) |
| 9 | B.L. Spackman: Construction at the 1862 International Exhibition at South Kensington, England (1859-1862) |
| 10 | William Strudwick: London |
| 11 | Roger Fenton: London |
| 12 | Valentine Blanchard: London |
| 13 | Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe |
| 14 | John Thomson: Street Life in London |
| 15 | The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London |
| 16 | Frederick York: London and Neighbourhood (1865-1875) |
| 17 | Harry Gedford Lemere: National Photographic Record and Survey (ca 1900) |
| 18 | Paul Martin: Night photography in London (1890s) |
| 19 | Roger Mayne: Southam Street |
| Travel guides and photography |
| 20 | Karl Baedeker's Handbooks for Travellers - London |
| 21 | Henry W. Taunt: The River Thames (1872) |
| Pictorialism |
| 22 | Alvin Langdon Coburn: London (1909) |
| Night |
| 23 | Fred Judge: London: Night |
| 24 | Morrison & Burdekin: London Night (1934) |
| Places |
| 25 | London: Buckingham Palace |
| 26 | London: Kew Gardens |
| 27 | London: St. Paul's Cathedral |
| 28 | London: The Tower of London |
| 29 | London: Trafalgar Square |
| 30 | London: Westminster Abbey |
| 31 | Roger Mayne: Richmond Park, Snow (1965) |
| Streets |
| 32 | London, The Streets, Buildings and Monuments |
| 33 | Harold Chapman: London |
| 34 | Robert Frank: London |
| 35 | Wolfgang Suschitzky: London: Charing Cross Road (ca 1936) |
| 36 | Roger Mayne: Youth |
| 37 | Roger Mayne: Wapping |
| 38 | Frederick Wilfred: London (ca. 1960s) |
