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The earliest toy photo I’ve found so far

Bombardment of Matanzas, Edward H. Amet, 1898

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Historic Dabbling in the World of Toys – Bahaus, Fotografia Metafisica, Surreal
1 week ago Leave a Comment by Tourmaline . The History of Toy Photography

Historic Dabbling in the World of Toys – Bahaus, Fotografia Metafisica, Surreal

While toy photography is a genre all its own, toys and miniatures in an of themselves are iconographic objects. This […]

Toy-esque Photographers | Onset of Photography through the 1980s
August 5, 2020 7 Comments by Tourmaline . The History of Toy Photography

Toy-esque Photographers | Onset of Photography through the 1980s

Photographers who at least dabbled in photographs of toys, miniatures, figurines and the like, a timeline. Click the names to […]

Hans Bellmer – A Doll Day Feature
August 2, 2020 3 Comments by Tourmaline . The History of Toy Photography

Hans Bellmer – A Doll Day Feature

Today, August 2nd, is Doll Day and in realizing this I knew I had an interesting opportunity to talk about […]

Surrealist Figure Photographers of the Mid 1900s Horst P. Horst, Classical still life, 1937
May 15, 2020 9 Comments by Tourmaline . The History of Toy Photography

Surrealist Figure Photographers of the Mid 1900s

In trying to find the earliest toy photograph, I came accross the amazing work of these two. Their work can’t […]

My Ongoing Search for the Earliest Toy Photograph
May 14, 2020 8 Comments by Tourmaline . The History of Toy Photography

My Ongoing Search for the Earliest Toy Photograph

The definition of a toy photograph has to be slightly amended when discussing the onset of photography. Action figures didn’t […]

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