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George Eastman was the creator of the Eastman Kodak company to help bring the camera to the mainstream public.

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The Brownie allowed the public to have access to a camera that would allow them to capture snapshots. The Brownie was mass produced costing only a dollar. Socially the Brownie allowed people to connect even though they are separated by distance.

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A picture taken on a Brownie that displays an informal family portrait.

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The Brownie allowed people to take pictures easily instead of going to the studio. This new way of photography liberated photographers from the darkroom.

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Alfred Stieglitz was a photographer who wanted to bring art into photography so he introduced the idea of pictorialism in photography.

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The Pictorialism Movement was when more people realized that they can show that photography is art so the use of other tools such as smearing material on developing photos and such methods create an abstract and almost painting-like look to a photograph. As well as the use of different poses.

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The Hand of Man - Alfred Stieglitz - 1903

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The Hand of Man - Alfred Stieglitz - 1903

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The Hand of Man was a photograph that was taken by Alfred Stieglitz. This was one of his most popular photographs.

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Gilbert Grosvenor was the full time editor of the National Geographic Magazine. Gilbert Grosvenor was considered the "father of photojournalism".

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The National Geographic Magazine was mainly edited by Gilbert Grosvenor and was mainly used to show America the natural beauty of the world.

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Lewis Hine was an American Photographer who took pictures of child labor to open the eyes of the American public and to help stop child labor.

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This is an example of what Lewis Hine would shoot. He took pictures of "newsies" (children who sell newspapers). Hine wanted the world to know what these children go though and the harsh reality of their lives.

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Newsies: A group of newsies selling on the Capitol steps. Tony, age 8, Dan, 9, Joseph, 10, and John, age 11. Washington, D.C.

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Lewis Hine would take pictures of children who have been suffering from child labor. One of Lewis Hine's pictures are shown above, a boy who worked at at the back of a cotton mill.

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Picture Shown on National Geographic - 1905

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Picture Shown on National Geographic - 1905

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Photos like this picture of a temple is what the National Geographic would post in their magazine. These pictures would help people in America see how the rest of the world looked.

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Edward Curtis took pictures of Native Americans starting at the Seattle Waterfront then traveled all across America to document them. He then published them in his photo book.

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Edward Curtis would post his pictures in his book. His first book was published in 1907 and would be the first in a 20 volume series.

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Photo of Native American Taken By Edward Curtis - 1907

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Photo of Native American Taken By Edward Curtis - 1907

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Edward Curtis would pose and dress up Native Americans to his liking then take pictures like the one shown above to publish in one of his books.

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Kodak developed a cheap way to send photographs to family and friends. On the back of the postcards, blank spaces were left for written messages. The postcard covered news, family events, society, and community situations.

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Photo montage of children sitting in a pair of binoculars.

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The Kodak Postcard kick started photo montages. This would be when pictures would be modified and put together to show out of the ordinary things.

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Frank Gilbreth was an American engineer who used stop motion to study and create an efficient way for factory workers to produce products.

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Frank Gilbreth developed this system of stop motion photography to create images and films that would allow him to study the human work habits.

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The Chronocyclograph was the method that Frank Gilbreth used to study the motion of human hands when working. The Chronocyclograph allows people to see the motion of hands using wires.

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A way to spot a postcard from the 1915s is with the white border. With World War 1, the pictures had to be reduced so the white borders were introduced to save ink.

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Paul Strand wanted to shoot pictures differently. He used a different style which is described as "Straight Photography" which was more abstract than different photography styles. He wanted to become an artist in photography when he was 17.

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Straight Photography was the style of photography Strand used. In Paul Strand's work the lines and sharp edges were emphasized.

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Shown above is one of Paul Strands photographs named "Wall Street". This photograph displays the abstract style of Straight Photography that Paul Strand used.

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Due to World War 1, the United States government took fake pictures of soldiers far away from the battlefield. The U.S. government never put a picture of dead American soldiers for the public view.

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Images like these would never get into the public at this time. The government would not show the real horrors of the battlefield.

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The government would fake photographs of soldiers on the "battlefield" yet they were taken far from the actual war.

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Joseph Medill Patterson was a publisher and journalist who founded the successful tabloid, The Daily News.

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The Daily News was the first tabloid journal that posted pictures as news. These tabloids had large lettering to stand out with a picture to tell a story.

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The large words and pictures were placed on front pages of tabloids at the time to gather attention and to display what stories they are showing at the time.

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George Hurrell was known for taking glamour photographs of celebrities. He took portrait photographs of Hollywood stars.

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George Hurrell would take portraits such as this photograph of Joan Crawford (A famous Hollywood star at the time).

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George Hurrell was the original celebrity photographer. Hurrell was the one to start the trend of glamorous photography before the time of editing and changing photographs.

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Photograph of a family in The Great Depression.

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) - 1929

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) - 1929

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The FSA was an administration that used photographs as propaganda by taking pictures of America at the time. Roy Striker was elected to run the agency and was to take photographs with a team of experienced photographers.

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Roy Striker was an economist from Columbia University who had no experience in photography. He was elected to run the FSA along with a team of photographers.

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Dorothea Lange was an American photographer who was chosen to be a part of Roy Striker's group of photographers. She was best known for taking photographs of people in The Great Depression.

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The Associated Press invented a system where high-fidelity lines would be able to transmit photographs at high speeds. Photos like the one shown above were sent on the wire.

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Transmitted Plane Crash Photograph - 1935

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Transmitted Plane Crash Photograph - 1935

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This picture of a plane crash was transmitted through the wire. Because of the wire, people were able to see images of events that happened the same day.

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Transmitted Amelia Earhart Landing - 1935

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Transmitted Amelia Earhart Landing - 1935

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The wire also transmitted this picture of Amelia Earhart landing from Honolulu to California. This news piece and many others sealed in the fact that the wire was a good way to send photos.

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Henry Luce was a magnate who developed Life Magazine in 1936, New York City.

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Henry Luce introduced a new concept for Life Magazine. The photo essay was a perfect way to tell stories through groups of photographs.

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Life Magazine used the points from Henry Luce's photo essay and perfected it making a magazine that tells stories through photographs.

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Murray Becker was an American photographer best known for photographing the Hindenburg Disaster in 1937.

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Murray Becker's Speed Graphic Camera - 1937

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Murray Becker's Speed Graphic Camera - 1937

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The Speed Graphic camera was the high speed camera that Murray Becker used to shoot different frames of the Hindenburg Disaster.

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The Hindenburg Disaster was an extremely large airship crash which happened on May 6th, 1937 in New Jersey.

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Weegee taking a self portrait in a police van.

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Weegee was a mob photographer who was known for taking mob photography of the criminal underground in New York.

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Weegee was known for black and white photographs of crime and negative events like this one.

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The public wanted to see more pictures of crime and death. That is what made Weegee's photographs so popular.

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Gordon Parks was an American photographer who documented racial discrimination through photographs in Washington D.C.

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Through the 1940's and beyond, Gordon Parks took pictures with special messages to fight racial discrimination against people of color.

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Ansel Adams was a photographer who took pictures of National Parks because of their natural beauty.

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Ansel Adams developed a special technique that helped determine the best exposure and development for a photograph.

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Adams would take photographs of natural occurrences in National Parks because he was an environmentalist and he wanted to show the beauty of nature.

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In the American press, this picture of dead American soldiers would be published making the enemy seem like monsters.

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One out of every five American service men during the war had a copy of a picture of Betty Grable.

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Gordon Parks took a photograph of Ella Watson who was a chairwoman. This photograph was working very well on fighting racial discrimination.

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D-Day was an extremely large event for military photographers and the American press due to the great interest from the public on what happened.

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Richard Avedon was a fashion photographer who would take photographs that would show clothing and modeling.

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Richard Avedon captured fashion in his photography. His photography made people create a sort of beauty and fashion standard in America at the time.

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Standing Out From Other Photographs - 1944

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Standing Out From Other Photographs - 1944

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Avedon was also known for standing out from different photographers and their styles.

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Being one of the most iconic war photographs, this picture was extremely important in developing the American image and showing the public how strong America is.

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Photographs taken like this one were used as evidence of the horrors the concentration camps have done. Press such as Life Magazine posted photographs like this one.

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Edward Steichen wanted to show the beauty of people around the world. He would take pictures of families to show their natural warmness.

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Steichen would take pictures like this and others from all around the world the natural beauty of families.

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A group of photographers that were assembled by Edward Steichen were tasked with taking photographs that would catch the essence of what it is too be family.

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Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer who took photographs in America. He was known for creating his own aesthetic in street photography.

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Robert Frank took this photograph in Hollywood and got inspiration for his style from his thought of American themes.

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Robert Frank thought of America as dark, alienating, and foreign. That is what drove him on taking abstract street photography.

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Emit Till was an African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi.

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The Black Press was the only piece of media that published the beaten face of Emmett Till. This caused a Civil Rights movement and a Social Reformation.

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Journalism during this time of a Civil Rights Movement was very important on the solving of racial injustices in America. Journalists were threatened and attacked when trying to report on these events.

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Danny Lyon was an American Photographer in the South who was known for photographing the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Birmingham Race Riots was a riot in Alabama that was sparked by a bombing civil disorder.

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Danny Lyon took photographs of protests such as this one that was held at a federal building in Selma. Danny Lyon also witnessed many fights and harsh attacks.

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An American photographer named Malcolm Browne shot a photograph of a monk named Quang Duc burning alive.

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Eddie Adams took a photograph of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan dying in front of him in Saigon.

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Nick Ut took this iconic photograph of a Vietnamese girl who just got napalmed by the American Army.

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The Whole Earth Magazine was a magazine that was created by Stewart Brand that kickstarted the environmentalist movement.

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Stewart Brand is an American writer who was mostly known for founding and writing the Whole Earth Magazine in California.

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Nasa's mission of Apollo 8 happened in 1968 where three astronauts boarded the first crewed spacecraft to circumnavigate the moon.

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This photo of Earth was taken by Bill Anders on the Apollo 8 spacecraft which made the Environmentalist Movement spark even more like how the Whole Earth Magazine did.

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Bill Anders were one of three astronauts on Apollo 8. He took the famous Earthrise photograph.

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During this time, photography was starting to be used in crime scenes and evidence as a way to show evidence of the crime in court.

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Due to the quick popularity of The Whole Earth Magazine, an Environmentalist Movement sprouted and more and more people started to care for the environment.

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Life Magazine decided to post pictures of soldiers that passed in duty in order to honor them and their families in 1969 after the war.

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Life Magazine would post portraits such as this photograph that features Joseph L. Rhodes.

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Here is an example of a 1 Weeks Dead issue front cover that features a zoomed in photograph of an American soldier.

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Photographers during the time noticed that President Nixon always had a negative look on his face in photographs.

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Journalists often used film cameras because of the fact that photos that may have not been taken literally could become good photographs.

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The downside on the use of digital cameras at the time was that people deleted good photographs with potential to save space instead of using the superior film.

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John Filo took this striking photograph of a girl in shock after seeing a Kent State student lying on the ground after being shot.

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Trials of Joel Steinberg and Hedda Nussbaum - 1970

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Trials of Joel Steinberg and Hedda Nussbaum - 1970

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Crime photography in court cases would help in the court because of the evdince of physical abuse and the stories that the images tell.

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Photography such as this photograph of skulls showed evidence of mass genocide in Cambodia.

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The Gulf War was a bloody war in 1991 that photographers like David Turnley took historical photographs.

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David Turnley was a photographer who took photos during the Gulf War. He was tasked to a unit to take photographs for the Detroit Free Press.

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This famous picture of Sgt. Ken Kozakiewicz mourning the death of his friend was taken by David Turnley, even though this was not his original unit.

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Wolfgang Tillmans was the photographer behind this peculiar photograph. Wolfgang Tillmans  wanted to achieve a sort of simple but still abstract narrative in this art piece.

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This mugshot of O.J. Simpson was circulating in 1994. Time Magazine faced backlash because they digitally changed the look of the image.

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In this time during the digital age, the use of digital manipulation and aging helped find lost children.

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This photographic art piece was shot and made by Gabriel Orozco to use art and photography together.