American Photography Movie

• Brownie- remained in production for 80 yrs, only $1; first year a quarter of a million were sold
• Kodak- too expensive
• postcards cover disasters and important events that newspaper could not until half tone was used
• National Geographic pioneered publication of color photography
• Edward Curtis documented and photographed native Americans beautifully but was a bit of a fantasy
• photographs brought about social reform like outlawing child labor
• straight photographs- took things the way they were, focused on no alterations; in the 20s

WWI

• cameras weapons in war
• images of combat posed or taken from far away
• no newspaper could publish pictures of dead American soldiers
• Daily News- oldest tabloid
• Evening Graphic- most scandalize, staged photos