DMA 137 - Usher - Intermediate Digital Photography: History & Commentary

There is not an Amateur or practical Daguerreotypist, who has not felt the want of a manual--Hand Book, giving concise and reliable information for the processes, and preparations of the Agents employed in his practice.

The technical origins and evolution of photography are half of the story. The other half consists of the ways that cultural forces have transformed photography into a constellation of practices more diverse than any other mode of representation.

The full text of a book on the history of photography originally published in 1849.

Throughout history, presidents have actively participated in all aspects of photography, not only by sitting for photos but by taking and consuming them.

To the City showcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and dimensions of that transformation.