The Arts
October 2020
200 Years in Photography
An overview in more than 750 iconic images
by Eric Strijbos, Rebo International B.V.
Twohundred years in photography doesn't solely mean the history of one technology, but above all two centuries full of historical images of humans. For a long time, photographers could only take static images, so movement, events and news could not be recorded immediately. Yet this also delivers fascinating, almost magical images. It was not until the end of the 19th century that cameras with a faster shutterspeed appeared. Photography developed in the first half of the 20th century rapidly and later on photography started to become related to art, although many photos were not intended as art at all. Works of photographers such as Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams and Alfred Eisenstaedt are worldfamous now and they are getting special attention in this book. In addition, there are also many photos of less well-known but no less interesting photographers, who together create fascinating story - a story of twohundred years of history of humanity. 200 years in photography contains over 750 unique images of known and unknown photographers.
