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| Note created | Feb 13, 2026 |
The art and practice of capturing images through light, originating in France in the 1820s–1830s with the inventions of Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre, and further developed by William Henry Fox Talbot in England. It evolved from a technical novelty into a recognized fine art form, with key figures including Alfred Stieglitz—whose Equivalent series elevated photography to pure abstraction—Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams, whose Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico remains one of the medium’s most iconic images. Photography profoundly influenced painting—both challenging Realism’s purpose and inspiring movements like Impressionism and Precisionism to explore what the camera could and could not capture.