In the Chu Room, Wallis gave the keynote lecture, “What is Vernacular Photography?” About 99% of all photos fall into this category, he said. “Vernacular photography is all those photographs that we ...

Steiner’s current research explores the history of vernacular or “folk” photography, with special focus on photo postcards. In 2022, he contributed a chapter on American photo postcards and portrait ...

including press prints by well-known photojournalists and vernacular photographs by anonymous practitioners, underscoring photography’s popular appeal as a medium of fine art expression and a ...