A Photographic History of the Light Bulb

Catherine Warner has amassed a huge collection of light bulbs throughout history:

While in residence at the Baltimore Museum of Industry during the last two years, Catherine Wagner was given access to their 50,000+ collection of historic light bulbs, one of the premier collections of vintage and antique light bulbs in the United States, with lights dating from the early 19th century. The resulting series of photographs titled A Narrative History of the Light Bulb embodies both sculptural installation and photography. Wagner creates arrangements of bulbs that she then photographs with an 8 by 10 view camera in order to record the glass enclosures and the delicate filaments in stunning detail.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery

For your enjoyment, I've posted a few more of these light bulb pictures.

Carbon Lamps, pre 1900


Utopia

Energy Efficient Experiment, 1980's

Green Energy

Magnesium Flash