Photography in the United States
The practice of photography in the United States begins in the 18th century, when various advances in the development of photography took place, daguerreotype is introduced in 1839. In 1866 first color photography is taken. With introduction of photography, a new form of art emerge.
Nineteenth century
In the nineteenth century various photographers developed new methods and technics to capture and produce photographs, including:
- Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), photographer
- Mathew Brady (1822–1896), photographer
- Jacob Riis (1849–1914), photographer
- Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), photographer
- Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), photographer
- Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952), photographer
In this century also begin the record of the first videos without sound. Photographs give us an exact idea of how people were in the 1800s; the first American president to have been photographed was John Adams in 1843, 14 years after he left his presidential office.[1]
Twentieth century
In the twentieth century we have a new generation of cameras, color cameras, digital cameras, high definition cameras, the same advances came to video and cinema.