What do I want from a history of photography now? That’s what I was asking myself as I went through the International Center of Photography show “ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845-2019,” the ...

Ottewill’s Double-Folding Camera, 1853, U.K., shown open. ©Michael Pritchard, A History of Photography in 50 Cameras SHARE Pritchard, despite calling himself a “technological determinist,” still ...

An inspiring overview of the evolution of street photography, David Gibson’s book is both a visual history and a practical ...

In modern times we take cameras for granted. Most of us carry them around in our pockets all the time and have the ability to take sharp, true-to-life photos and video any time we want and share those ...

Ever wondered who was the first woman to take a photograph? When the single-lens reflex camera was invented, or the year of the first aerial photograph? Is the year when Edward Weston and Ansel Adams ...

You’d be forgiven if upon hearing of a new definitive book on pre-eminent photographers throughout history, you picture intrepid white men and their work. After all, history has effectively erased ...

Her seminal works brought scholarship to the field and helped develop appreciation for it as a creative art form. By Katharine Q. Seelye Naomi Rosenblum, who wrote about the history of photography and ...

The business of making magazines is changing. Something is rumbling below the bedrock of the glossies we’ve all loved for so long and it has a lot to do with social media platforms like Instagram and ...

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Photography books can be powerful tools. They can teach you to capture your favorite moments, provide tips on sparking creativity, or show you some of the most memorable moments in history. And they ...