A World History of Photography

Preface 9 1. THE EARLY YEARS: TECHNOLOGY, VISION, USERS 1839--1875 14 2. A PLENITUDE OF PORTRAITS 1839--1890 38 The Galerie Contemporaine--Appearance and Character in 19th-Century Portraiture 84 3. DOCUMENTATION: LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE 1839--1890 The Western Landscape--Natural and Fabricated 144 4. DOCUMENTATION: OBJECTS AND EVENTS 1839--1890 154 A Short Technical History: Part 1 192 A 19th-Century Forerunner of Photojournalism--The Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators 200 5. PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART: THE FIRST PHASE 1839--1890 208 6. NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW VISION, NEW USERS 1875--1925 244 The Origins of Color in Camera Images 280 7. ART PHOTOGRAPHY: ANOTHER ASPECT 1890--:1920 296 8. DOCUMENTATION: THE SOCIAL SCENE to 1945 Illuminating Injustice: The Camera and Social Issues 384 9. ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MODERNISM 1920--1945 392 A Short Technical History: Part II 442 The Machine: Icons of the Industrial Ethos 454 10. WORDS AND PICTURES: PHOTOGRAPHS IN PRINT MEDIA 1920--1980 462 11. PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1950: THE STRAIGHT IMAGE 516 12. PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1950: MANIPULATIONS AND COLOR 570 A Short Technical History: Part III 630 Afterword 639 Notes 642 A Photography Time Line 655 Glossary 661 Bibliography 666 Index 684