Category: history of photography

How our attachment to past makes us overlook new trends and talent in photography

Lars Mensel

There’s a very succinct analogy by Marshall McLuhan, summing up our society’s focus on the past: “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” McLuhan was referring to technology, but his observation works just as well in the context of modern-day photography: Even as technology reshapes it, we […]

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The ABC of photography ‘types’

Daniela Bowker

Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph opened at Media Space, part of the Science Museum, in London last week. Using a mixture of images, artefacts, letters, and publications, the exhibition charts the development of photography by William Henry Fox Talbot against the backdrop of his contemporaries. For anyone with a smidgen of interest in the […]

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A history of photography in art and science (infographic)

Jeff Meyer

Ever wondered about the history of photography and its balance between art and science? This fantastic cheat sheet compiled by Clifton Cameras traces some of the key moments in the history of photography and the great photographers who made leaps forward from artistic and scientific standpoints. In particular, this infographic explores the history of photography… Continue reading →

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