Collecting Photographica
This text was originally in the Holiday 2008 issue of SnapShot, the project b Newsletter by Barbara Levine
Photographica is an informal general term that refers to decorative and functional objects that are about photography, reference photography or utilize photographs in their design. Objects that fall into this category include cameras, manuals or advertisements about photography, materials used to make photographs (such as film tins or boxes of postcard paper), historical souvenir items showing photos of people and places, decorative objects such as pins and rings laminated with photos in them, lampshades and pillows superimposed with photos and funny postcards and novelties depicting photography and photographers. Due to new technologies old photo objects and ephemera have risen in value and photographica is a growing collecting area.
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