A few commercial photography studios still specialize in panoramic photography. Additionally, many photographers currently use the panoramic format as a means of artistic expression. See also the special presentation featured on the Library of Congress American Memory site Selected Photographers and the Creator Index . Panoramic photographs typically have a length that is at least twice as long as the panorama's width. Most panoramas in this Web site measure more than twenty-eight inches in length, since these items are particularly difficult to handle.
Panoramas can also be much shorter or longer.
Josef Sudek's view of the Elbe River is only five and one-half inches long. John Dick's view of Penniman, Virginia , measures seventeen feet in length. Dimensions, rounded off to the nearest half-inch, are provided for the image area of the panoramas, exclusive of borders or mounts. In order to faithfully reflect the wide variety of photographic processes represented in the collection, the images were copied for this electronic surrogate in color. Mounted panoramas were filmed to show the entire mount.