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"This book should be in every photographer's library, but then I'm biased!" Author David Young on 'A Brief History of Photography'

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 ...
Artnet

How Do You Tell Photography’s History? ICP’s Big Birthday Show Embodies the Struggle

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 ...
Hyperallergic

France Flips the History of Photography Upside Down

Investigating the archive in all its malleable reinvention is at the core of this year’s Rencontres d’Arles festival, held in historic churches and sites across the city. A projection of Nan Goldin's ...
Bay Area Reporter

‘Queer Lens: A History of Photography’ – Exhibit’s companion book is a remarkable collection

The first wide-ranging exhibition and catalogue to center the contributions of queer artists within the history of photography, “Queer Lens: A History of Photography” takes a sweeping and synthetic ...
The San Bernardino Sun

The history of aerial photography from hot air balloons to pigeons to drones

Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...
The Aspen Times

Photo historian curates Aspen’s ‘heady’ history

It’s 1951. Aspen just hosted the first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, a room at the Hotel Jerome costs $4 a night, and the ski industry is still in its infancy. According to the curator of ...