Vernacular photography refers to everyday, casual snapshots taken by ordinary individuals rather than professional photographers. It captures personal moments and acts as a record of people's lives and experiences. Full definition
Kessels is a photography collector and has designed, edited, and published several books of vernacular photography through KesselsKramer Publishing, including the in almost every picture series, The Instant Men, and Wonder. (pier24.org)
Snapshots of Twentieth Century Life, a survey of amateur portrait photographs donated to the museum by American vernacular photography collector Peter Cohen, the Museum's fall exhibitions demonstrate how photographers from a diverse array of backgrounds, periods, and perspectives have used the medium to negotiate identity and capture the world around them, from the monumental to the ordinary. (resnicow.com)
Crooks's doctoral research at the University of London explored 19th and 20th century vernacular photography in West Africa and the Diaspora. (culturetype.com)