Landmark photographs and influential photographers from the invention of photography to today.
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- Who took the first photograph in 1826?
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Nicéphore Niépce- What photographic process did Louis Daguerre invent in 1839?
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The daguerreotype- Who developed the negative-positive photographic process?
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William Henry Fox Talbot- What major camera innovation did George Eastman introduce in 1885?
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Roll film- Which photographer is most famous for documenting the American Civil War?
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Mathew Brady- What photographic approach did Jacob Riis pioneer?
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Documentary photography of social conditions and tenements- Who founded the Photo-Secession movement in 1902?
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Alfred Stieglitz- Who took the iconic photograph Migrant Mother in 1936?
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Dorothea Lange- What government program employed photographers to document American rural life in the 1930s?
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The Farm Security Administration (FSA)- Who developed the Zone System for controlling photographic exposure and tone?
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Ansel Adams- What is Henri Cartier-Bresson's most famous photography principle called?
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The decisive moment- Who pioneered the photographic essay as a storytelling form?
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W. Eugene Smith- Which photographer is famous for his D-Day landing photographs in World War II?
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Robert Capa- What experimental photographic technique did Man Ray invent?
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The rayograph or photogram- Who revolutionized fashion and portrait photography in the 20th century?
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