100 Ideas that Changed Photography

100 Ideas that Changed Photography chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped photography from the invention of the daguerreotype in the early 19th century up to the digital revolution and beyond.

Each photographic idea is presented through lively text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and its subsequent impact on photography.

Mary Warner Marien is Professor Emerita in the Department of Art and Music Histories at Syracuse University, New York. She is the author of Photography: A Cultural History as well as numerous articles on photography.

This compelling book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped photography from the invention of the daguerreotype in the early 19th century up to the digital revolution and beyond. Entertaining and intelligent, it provides a fascinating resource to dip into. Arranged in a broadly chronological order to show the development of photography, the ideas that comprise the book include innovative concepts, cultural and social incidents, technologies, and movements. Each idea is presented through lively text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and its subsequent impact on photography.

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