<<< I strongly advise anyone who wants to start learning Photo-History to disregard the well-meaning advice of where to start given by others, specially to start at the beginning, or with "firsts". >>> Luis I think you are being a little hard on people who responded to a request for information. Googling on this is not as easy as all that: until you have some reference points you might not know where to start. I'd not even bothered to think about History of Photography AS ART till reading the thread. A set of notes from a series of seminars at ... http://www.arklo.com/st1photohistory.htm has for me been a good starting point. One thing is for sure: it started before 1900!!! Another thing ... I'm now left wondering how much photography was responsible for "real" artists movement away from realism: as if maybe the photographic process forced painters to find new pastures in the face of a superior force :-O I for one welcome suggestions from others about where to start/progress ... especially from you I should add! Bob __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application.
