max s. gerber’s take on photographic history:
camera obscura – niepce – talbot – daguerrotypes – stereoscopes, man – matthew brady – muybridge wins a bet – kodak beings – stieglitz – f64 – man ray invents photoshop/practice of having hot female assistants – lee miller (see previous) – kertesz figures out that if he uses funhouse mirrors girls will pose naked for him (see two items prior) – fuji comes late to the party – farm security administration run by a guy with the most macho name ever (roy stryker) – bresson – hasselblad comes late to the party – steichen/family of man – winogrand – irving penn – avedon kicks everyone’s ass – wegman jumpstarts greeting card industry – C41 jumpstarts cancer – mary ellen mark begins a 35 year ass-kicking career — cindy sherman jumpstarts narcissism – avedon kicks everyone’s ass in the american west – sally man jumpstarts exploiting your kids for art (in a good way) – canon EOS comes late to the party – adobe releases photoshop, bull in the china shop – digital cameras ruin life for everyone – flickr (see prior) – digital cameras slowly make life better for everyone – polaroid goes bankrupt – twice – annie leibovitz goes bankrupt – publishing industry goes bankrupt – everyone becomes wedding photographers – economic collapse – everyone becomes divorce photographers.
there’s your photo history. i just saved you all six weeks of homework. you’re welcome.