Louis Daguerre, 1830’s-1850
Partners with Niepce• Daguerreotype• – photographic plates• Processing
– 30 minutes– One photograph
Nadar -
Sarah
Bernhardt
1859
Matthew Brady
photographs
U. S. Civil War, 1860’s
photojournalism
• Julia Margaret Cameron• 1860’s
• Portraits + literary characters
Alfred StieglitzThe Steerage
1907
Elevates photography to
fine arts
Studio 291 in N. Y.
Ansel Adams
Moon and Half Dome1966
American
landscapes
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother1936
DocumentaryPhotography
Social Commentary
• Cindy Sherman• Untitled Film Stills Series• Currently working• Conceptual• Political• Social• Postmodern