Collections Spotlight: Carol Highsmith
Carol Highsmith is a distinguished and richly-published American photographer who has donated her work to the Library of Congress since 1992. Her growing archive includes tens of thousands of photographs from all U.S. states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, as well as Havana, Cuba. The photos showcase landmark buildings, architectural renovation projects, landscapes, Americans at work and play, and more.
Carol Highsmith Archive subject listings
Carol Highsmith brief bio and archive description
Carol Highsmith: Preserving Our Communities with Photography event recording
Picture This blog posts
- Caught Our Eyes: Capturing Rainbows
- From Louisiana to New Mexico
- Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
- The View from Above
- The West and Midwest
- Wide Open Spaces of Wyoming
- A Wide-Ranging View of West Virginia
More Library articles and blog posts
- A Conversation with Carol Highsmith Library of Congress Information Bulletin December 2007
- Precious Cargo: Photographer Preserves Memory of 9/11 Victims Library of Congress Information Bulletin September 2002
- Celebrating Wyoming Timeless Stories from the Library
- Exploring the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building: The Carol Highsmith Photographs Teaching with the Library
- Library Photographer Carol Highsmith: Documenting the Nation’s Beauty and Resilience Timeless Stories from the Library
- Staff Favorites: Lost in the Visuals Teaching with the Library
Related resources
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- Collections Spotlight: Frances Benjamin Johnston
- Today in History: Dorothea Lange
- Primary Source Spotlight: Esther Bubley
- Today in History: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
- Today in History: Mathew Brady
- Today in History: Walker Evans
- Primary Source Spotlight: Gordon Parks
- Collections Spotlight: Landscape Photographs
- Today in History: Gilbert Grosvenor & National Geographic
Photography-related teaching resources
- Using Sources: Civil War Photography Technology & Tricks
- Guided Primary Source Analysis: Does the Camera Ever Lie?
- Guided Primary Source Analysis: The Poem
- Learning from the Source: Capturing Character on Camera
- Learning from the Source: Zooming into Documentary Photography
- Learning from the Source: Dust Bowl Songs & Photographs