[BCE-1800]  [1825]  [1850]  [1875]  [1900]  [1925]  [1950]  [1975]  [1990]



Edward Weston produces »My Camera on Point Lobos«

First »Photokina« held in Cologne, Germany

  1951

Alexander Lieberman publishes »The Art and Technique of Color Photography«

Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibits »Five French Photographers: Brassi, Cartier-Bresson, Doisneau, Izis, and Ronis«

  1952

Cartier-Bresson produces »Images a la Sauvette« (The Decisive Moment)

First issue of »Aperture« magazine published in New York

  1954

Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film

Ampex markets first commercial video tape recorder

  1955

Kukla, Fran and Ollie begins color television broadcast

The Museum of Modern Art features the»Family of Man« exhibition

Gernsheim produces »The History of Photography«

Andreas Feininger photographs »The Photojournalist«

  1956

First program broadcast from tape »Douglas Edwards and The News«

  1957

Sputnik, first satellite, launched

Museum of Modern Art in New York features »Brassi: Graffiti« exhibition

  1958

Robert Frank produces »Les Americains«

  1959

Nikon's 35mm single-lens reflex camera is introduced in Japan

  1960

EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for US Navy

First ruby laser built by Theodore Maiman

First successful hologram produced

Irving Penn publishes »Moments Preserved«

The photo clubs of Belgium, Britain, France, and Switzerland organize the first Photeurop Exhibition

  1961

Eastman Kodak introduces faster Kodachrome II color film

First manned space flight

  1962

John Szarkowsky becomes the Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

  1963

Polaroid introduces instant color film and instamatic cameras

  1964

The Cibachrome process for color prints from transparencies is introduced

Museum of Modern Art in New York features »The Photographer's Eye« exhibition

  1966

The International Center of Photography is established in New York

  1967

The Friends of Photography is founded by Ansel Adams, the Newhalls, and others in Carmel, California; the group produces a series of publications, workshops, and exhibitions

Museum of Modern Art in New York shows a group exhibition by Arbus, Friedlander, and Winogrand titled »New Documents«

Gamma Photo Agency opens in Paris

  1968

Photograph of the Earth from the Moon

  1969

First manned landing on the Moon

First issue of »Creative Camera« published in London

Minor White produces »Mirrors, Messages, Manifestations«

  1970

»Rencontres Internationales de la Photgraphie« is founded as an annual summer festival of photography and workshops in Arles, France

Image Bank Agency opens in Paris

Duane Michals photographs »Sequences«

Ralph Gibson photographs »The Somnambulist«

  1971

Voyager I & II space probes launched

Several major photography galleries open, including Bibliotheque Nathionale in Paris, Photographers' Gallery in London, and the Witkin Gallery in New York

The Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibits a Paul Strand retrospective

  1972

Museum of Modern Art in New York features a Diane Arbus retrospective

  1973

Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera




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