The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present

This work was first published in 1937. The edition describes the evolution of the art of photography. Through more than 300 works Beaumont Newhall presents a comprehensive study of the significant trends and developments in the medium since the first photographs were made in 1839. New selections added to the fifth edition include photographs made in color, from hand‑tinted daguerreotypes of 1850 to turn‑of‑the‑century autochromes by Edward Steichen, to works by contemporary masters such as Eliot Porter, Ernst Haas, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore and Joel Meyerowitz.