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This Shipslides page presents PHOTOGRAPHY / 1839 — present as an interactive HTML presentation deck in the Art catalog with 14 slides. The share page keeps the uploaded deck sandboxed while exposing readable context, topics, and a slide outline for viewers and search engines.
From silver-iodide plates and 8-hour exposures to neural networks that hallucinate light. Two centuries of fixing the world onto a surface — and then losing the surface entirely. Key sections include: PHOTOGRAPHY / 1839 — present; 1826 — Niépce burns a window into pewter.; 1839 — the daguerreotype goes public.; 1888 — "You press the button, we do the rest."; 1925 — 35mm, Leica, and the decisive moment.; The war photographer.; The Depression, in photographs.; 1935 — Kodachrome arrives. Critics sneer.; Photojournalism, 1936–1972.; 1991 — the sensor replaces the silver halide..
Key sections
- 01PHOTOGRAPHY / 1839 — present
- 021826 — Niépce burns a window into pewter.
- 031839 — the daguerreotype goes public.
- 041888 — "You press the button, we do the rest."
- 051925 — 35mm, Leica, and the decisive moment.
- 06The war photographer.
- 07The Depression, in photographs.
- 081935 — Kodachrome arrives. Critics sneer.
