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Photography, In 1826, Niepce took the first photograph of history, of part…
Photography
Beginnings
Origins
The Industrial Revolution brought a renewed interest in nature, and realistic images were necessary for its study.
Instead of aristocrats, artists were now sponsored by a less educated middle class, who were more interested in images that were easy to understand.
Photography was popular among the lower classes as it was much cheaper than traditional handcrafted paintings.
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Calotype
The calotype was inaugurated in 1841. Created by William Henry Fox Talbot, it served as the predecessor of the current positive negative method.
It was not popular with the public, as the images weren't of great quality.
Pictorialism (1885-1915)
Origins
Invented by David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) in 1843, it sought to imitate painting by manipulating the photo, such as a soft focus.
It was also common for the subjects to dress as characters. Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) often dressed her subjects as characters from Shakespeare, King Arthur and the Bible.
Notables
Anne Brigman (1869-1950) enjoyed using herself [often naked] as a model in contrast with the environment
Other notable names from the time are: Lewis Carroll, Clarence H. White, Olympe Aguado, Lady Hawarden, etc.
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Robert Demachy (1859-1936) would use a minimalist approach, with heavy contrast between light and darkness.
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In 1826, Niepce took the first photograph of history, of part of his estate in Burgundy. 
Study in red (1898), by Robert Demachy
The bubble (1905), by Anne Brigman
Quel vent, by Léonard Misonne
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), aka Nadar, became in 1858 the first person to take aerial photographs.
Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond (1809-1886) made major contributions to science with his photographies of mentally ill people (psychiatric photography).
Le morte d'Arthur (1875), by Julia Margaret Cameron