American Photography

a century of images....

From watching the film American Photography, 

I've learn a great deal about photography. Pictures back then were personal memories, and showed new places to people, and it still does today. Before, cameras were only owned by the wealthy. People had their pictures only taken once or twice in their life. Then, cameras were changed so that anyone could get their hands on one. There were many evolutions of different cameras, such as an old vintage camera, or those big shutter cameras that you would usually see a reporter in the movies holding. Pictures  were shown all over the world in different ways. They were in magazines,books, newspaper, and even adds. National Geographic magazine was the first magazine to ever have pictures in it. Life magazine was the biggest selling magazine hit, thanks to the help of photos. Daily News, which began in 1919, is the oldest newspaper. It provided news for everyone through the pictures people wanted to see. You can't believe news without seeing it with your own eyes. Pictures are used to attract attention as well, and they were often used for advertisement for selling products. In 1935, pictures were created so that they could be sent by wires. Photo's made the world one community.