Photography Timeline

Photography Timeline

1. 1859-1879

   • 1879-1899
     • 1899-1919
       • 1919-1939
         • 1939-1959
           • 1959-1979
             • 1979-1999
               • 1999-Present
                 • Andreas Gursky, The Rhine II, 1999
                   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gursky-the-rhine-ii-p78372
                 • Afghanistan War October 7, 2001
                 • Gregory Crewdson, Untitled (brief encounters), 2006
               • Martin Parr, Ocean Dome, Miyazaki, Japan, 1996
                 • http://www.telfair.org/beach/
               • Agecroft Power Station, Salford 1983, John Davies
             • Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, Brie, 1968
               • http://artblart.com/2012/05/02/exhibition-henri-cartier-bresson-the-geometry-of-the-moment-landscapes-at-kunstmuseum-wolfsburg/
             • Joel Meyerowitz, Red Interior, Provincetown, 1977
               • http://www.theartblog.org/2015/12/meyerowitz-and-davidsons-landscapes-of-light/
           • WWII September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
           • Ansel Adam, The Tetons and The Snake River, Yellowstone National Park, 1942
           • Elliot Porter, Birch Tree and Bridge, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1940
             • http://www.shutterbug.com/content/eliot-porter-realm-nature-new-book-images-master-nature-photography#8FmSmVlYvtWtLtIy.97
         • Chinese Civil War 1927 - 1950
         • Edward Weston, Arizona (San Carlos Lake), 1937
           • http://iphotocentral.com/common/detail.php/32/Edward+Weston/6/0/0/12495/1
         • A Foggy Night in Paris, Brassaï, 1934
       • WWI, July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
   • 1862 - France Legally recognised photography as an art under French copyright law
     • https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/on-photography/
   • American Civil War, April 12th 1861 - April 9th 1865
   • Matthew Brady, (untitled) Petersburg, Va., June 21, 1864.
     • https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/photos/
   • William H Jackson, Summit of Jupiter Terraces, 1871
     • https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/history/jacksonphotos/Page.htm

2. Crimean War 1853 - 1856

   • Wars
   • • • 1885 when George Eastman created the modern photograph film technology that made cameras a convenient product for consumers.
         • 1888,First Kodak Camera
           • 1889, Kodak improved their camera with rolls of film instead of paper
         • In 1901 George Eastman created the Brownie
           • in 1948 a new type of camera was created called a polaroid camera which were instant
             • The first digital cameras were produced in 1988 in Japan and later in 1991 in the United States
     • • Impressionism began in france in 1860
         • Expressionism
           • Tonalism begins in 1880 in America
             • Futurism & Rayism
               • Suprematism
                 • Constructivism
                   • Surrealism
       • Art movements
     • Advances in technology

3. Jan 09 1839

   • Daguerreotype
     • Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
       • Boulevard du Temple (Daguerreotype)
   • Louis Daguerre made his discoveries public of his photo developing method called a daguerreotype - The first commercially successful form of permanent photography
     • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839_in_art

4. Jan 25 1839

   • Calotype Process
     • William Henry Fox Talbot
   • Henry Fox Talbot announced his research into photograph and revealed his "photogenic drawings"
     • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839_in_art

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