Why is taking photographs banned in many museums and historic places?
Westminster Abbey doesn’t want you to take any selfies. Jay Zagorsky, Author provided Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University Have you ever pulled out your camera or phone in a museum or historic place and suddenly found a staff person telling you “no photographs”?...
How photography evolved from science to art
Some of the earliest applications of photography came in the fields of archaeology and botany. Pictured is a photograph from botanist Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843). Nancy Locke, Pennsylvania State University Much like a...
70 years of instant photos, thanks to inventor Edwin Land’s Polaroid camera
It’s been 70 years of instant photography, thanks to Edwin Land, on the left. AP Photo Ann Elsner, Indiana University It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken of her. Today, thanks to smartphones and...