The History and Impact of Photography

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Annotated Bibliography

Locke, Nancy. "How Photography Evolved from Science." The Conversation: Academic Rigor, Journalistic Flair (2015). Web.

Nancy Locke is an associate professor of art history at Pennsylvania State University with a passion for photography. Locke clearly defines the evolution of art from science and shows how photography impacted both fields of study. This text assesses the impact of photography on culture and visual literacy in the twentieth century. Her work explores the relationship between art and culture. The anthology addresses the way photography has redefined our experience of space and time. Nancy provides an overview of the implications arising from the application of computer technology to photography, concentrating on the real of photographic journalism. She addresses the factual and ethical issues problems that arise out of a computer. She suggests redefining photo-journalism as editorial photography.

Ming, Thein. The Line Between Art and Photography. 23 January 2014. 2016 March 30.

Ming Thein is an aspiring artist who writes multiple articles to better research the subject of photography. Her piece dwells into the differences of photography as art versus photography used for documentation. It offers quite of bit of insight into the differences of each. The physical and theoretical shift from photography to the digital camera is explored in this article. The writings and works redefine photography as an interactive medium made possible through technological innovations. Ming explores the capacity of photographs as evidence. He investigates photography's subversion claim to truth by the emergence of digital imaging. Also, he places photography close to algorithmic conditions since they are automatically created with little information on the intention of the photographer.

Sandweiss, Martha. Photography in Nineteenth-Century America. Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum Publishers, 2014. Book.

Martha A. Sandweiss is a professor of history at Princeton University and the author Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line (2009). She focuses in great detail on the importance of photography to history and its resourcefulness to the revolutionizing of the world.

Walter, Benjamin. "Little History of Photography." Harvard Art Journals (1999): 506-531. Web.

Benjamin, Walter. “Little History of Photography.” The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2 (1999): 506-531. Web.

Walter Benjamin was a German Philosopher, who wrote multiple literary pieces that are still regarded upon today. In his piece, Little History of Photography, Benjamin dives into the origination of photography. He looks at the perspective of different parties on the subject. His main goal is to define the importance of photography and its progress through history. Benjamin discusses the birth of photography and its impact on those who first experienced the revolutionary machine. Benjamin Little dives deep into the subject and provides great detail on the birth era of photography. This article fits quite perfectly into my topic because it starts from the birth of photography and dives into its importance to the world of art.