by Irving Fang and Ann Norris
ISBN: 1-933-01175-0
Cost: $15.00
Who invented photography? No one did. Or rather, a lot of people did, each adding a little bit to what others had already done. As a result, we live in a world of pictures, both still and moving.
Imagine how our world would be affected if all still and moving pictures were eliminated. How would our personal lives be different? Politics? Science? Medicine? Education? Business? Entertainment?
If you think about this, you will appreciate how much a part of our lives photography has become. But there is more.
Digital photos showing soldiers abusing prisoners shocked the world and led to angry reaction.
Pictures of the eyes of starving children with flies hovering at their edges launched cargo planes carrying doctors, nurses, medicine, blankets, and food.
Pictures of the eyes of baby harp seals just before the fur hunter’s club crashed down led to a halt to the slaughter in Canada.
Photography, the sixth in the 11-volume series, The Story of Communication, takes us from the days when images of leaves were shown only by candlelight to modern experiments with holograms.
