

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records - provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.ĭigital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. The French inventor was on to something for sure. The first permanent image created by a camera - which materialized during the 1820s - is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Find a broad range of fine photography on 1stDibs today.
