Explore photography from its primitive beginnings! Two Centuries of Shadow catchers: A History of Photography takes you on a concise journey beginning with photography's birth. Chronological coverage captures important developments including the emergence of photography as art, its acceptance as photojournalism, and the new age of electronic image manipulation.
- Includes rare coverage of women photographers, featuring the work of Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White
- Depicts photography as a witness to war, from the Crimean War through the Vietnam War
- Presents remarkable photographic studies of Native American culture by Edward S. Curtis
Chapter 1 The Dawn of Photography
Chapter 2 Photography as Art
Chapter 3 Cameras and techniques :
From Mousetraps to roll Film
Chapter 4 Photography goes to war
Chapter 5 Photography to depict people and their lives
Chapter 6 Photography to depict nature
Chapter 7 Photography and the depression:
The Farm Security Administration
Chapter 8 Life and the Beginning of Photojournalism
Chapter 9 Photography goes to War, Again (And Again)
Chapter 10 Women as photographers
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