American Photography- A Century of Images

• Photos that certify internationally
• help us get an idea of the rest of the world
• brownie- first photo for general public- only $1
• more casual, at home, captured flux in life
• most people got photographed only once or twice
• paper moon- 1st noteable prop
• Postcards- show newborn, newlyweds, ect..
• National Geographic 3,000 -- 1/2 a million in just 10 yrs
• better vision of people in Africa
• different lifestyles
• People began to use chemicals to make photography look like art
• Gilbrith- took pics of every movement of factory workers
• Luis Hein-- took photos child labor
• spread the word
• allowed child labor (tool for social change)
• Camera became important tool for the war
• apalling, propaganda
• 1910's- photos repacing drawings
• tabloids
• daily news- started publication in 1919
• Illustrated Daily News