Early Twentieth-Century Photography Snapshot : America Discovers the Camera Kenneth P. Czech The camera has a special place in American history. Although photography was a European invention, the Americans readily took to the new art. They quickly surpassed their European counterparts in refining and applying the technology of photography to business and art. The invention of photography spurred industry to introduce new methods of glassmaking, papermaking and metallurgy becoming part of the era of technical progress culminating in the progressive era and shaping our world today. But the camera's influence over society loomed large in America. The author cites specific instances of the camera's influence on the American experience. Commendably, the author covers tintypes, stereographs and the carte de visite. A readable overview of the first hundred years of photography.
Pictorialism in California : Photographs 1900-1940 Michael G. Wilson, Dennis Reed The Birth of a Century : Early Color Photographs of America Jim Hughes, William Henry Jackson Bystander : A History of Street Photography Colin Westerbeck, Joel Meyerowitz Hardcover Published 1994 The Art of the Autochrome : The Birth of Color Photography John Wood, Merry A. Foresta Hardcover. Published 1993
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