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The Picture of Death that Saved Lives
Photograph by: Wilhelm Conrad RÖntgen Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Prior to the discovery of x-rays, the human body would be cut into, to locate any internal complications. When Wilhelm Conrad...
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Missed Opportunity
Leica patented numerous autofocus technologies. However, at the time they didn’t see the value in it and sold the patent rights to Minolta.
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A Hidden Camera
In 1902, an inventor named Emil Kronke designed the Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera. It looked identical to an ordinary walking stick but had a camera hidden in the handle, a lens in the front and a...
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The Roar that Defined Hollywood
Photograph by: Unknown Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Have you ever wondered about the lions that have graced Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s memorable logo? Starting from 1924, when MGM released its first...
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Growing bored of his job at the Indian Government’s Central Power and Water Commission, S Paul decided to pick up photography. With a new Carl Zeiss Nettar, a roll of Kodak and The All-in- One Camera...
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A Symphony of Summits
Photograph by: Ansel Adams Image Source: Wikimedia Commons There is a certain mesmerism in the landscape photographs by Ansel Adams, and The Tetons and The Snake River is a suitable illustration of...
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The First Digital Photograph
Two decades before the first digital camera came to be, Russell A Kirsch created the first digital photograph. He and his colleagues at the National Bureau of Standards, USA, designed a digital image...
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Remembering the Deceased
After the invention of the daguerrotype, the relatively inexpensive method became popular amongst middle-class society as a means to honour the memory of the departed.
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A Study of Nature’s Elemental Form & Beauty
Photograph by: Karl Blossfeldt Image Source: Wikimedia Commons For Karl Blossfeldt, a photographer, teacher and sculptor, nature was the foundation of all existing forms. To prove this, he spent three...
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A New Era
In 1940, the Museum of Modern Art in New York establishes the first department of photography in an art museum. Beaumont Newhall was named the director.
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The Unsolved Conundrum of an Iconic Image
Photograph by: Unknown Image Source: Wikimedia Commons There are several iconic pictures of the Great Depression, but very few are as positive as the image above, Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. During the...
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Disputed Photograph from the Indian Mutiny
Photograph by: Felice Beato Image Source: The J Paul Getty Museum Titled Mutineers Hanged, the image was made during the aftermath of the Revolt of 1857. It was shot by Anglo-Italian photographer...
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A New Hope
Kishor Parekh’s presence as Chief Photo Editor at Hindustan Times between 1961–67 brought about remarkable change in the arena of Indian photojournalism. During a time when photojournalism was largely...
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An Accidental Discovery
Photograph by: August Strindberg Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Have you ever wondered about creating photographs without a camera? When photography was still in its nascent phase, there were...
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The Untold Story of the Deadliest Fire in America
Photograph by: Arnold Hardy Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Sometimes, it takes a gruesome tragedy for authorities to change their faulty safety regulations. One such instance is the Winecoff Hotel...
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The Birth of Ticka Watch Camera
In 1904, Magnus Niell, a designer from Sweden, developed a stealth camera that looked just like a pocket watch.
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The Revolutionary Vision of Tina Modotti
Photograph by: Tina Modotti Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Italian-born artist, Tina Modotti, immigrated to the United States at the age of 16, where she briefly worked as a model, and even acted in a...
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The Invention of Instant Cameras
In 1923, Samuel Shlafrock develops the earliest instant camera which consisted of a camera and portable wet darkroom in a single compartment. However, it wasn’t considered commercially viable.
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The Story Behind: A Portrait of a Cutthroat Capitalist
Edward Steichen was only 23, a fledgling in the world of photography, when he was commissioned to create a portrait of one of the most powerful and richest financiers in the U.S., John Pierpoint...
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The Beginning of Cellphone Cameras
Philippe Kahn, a software engineer, was waiting at the hospital while his wife gave birth. Feeling incredibly bored, he tinkered with a few gadgets and built a makeshift device that would allow him to...
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