Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
Photographers who at least dabbled in photographs of toys, miniatures, figurines and the like, a timeline. Click the names to learn more. Links and Photographer listing will be updated as I find more to add. [Last Updated December 27, 2020] 1898 Albert Smith & James Stuart Blackton 1898 Edward H. Amet 1912 Adolph de Meyer... Continue Reading →
Vogue is a popular fashion magazine. They've been around since 1892 and are still going strong. And through them we can draw an easy line from fashion photography to interior design photography to still lives and within, miniature photography. Harley Weir "Beauty is so subjective, it’s anything that moves me and I think those things... Continue Reading →
The definition of a toy photograph has to be slightly amended when discussing the onset of photography. Action figures didn't exist back then. However figures and miniatures of all types have been around since ancient times, with dollhouses joining them in the 16th century. I've discussed the Cottingly Fairies of 1917, and the Nymphenburg Figure... Continue Reading →