photography in the early 20th century

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/beginners-guide-20-21/a/an-introduction-to-photography-in-the-early-20th-century

looking back on how photography became popular we have to think about the invention of the kodak #1 which made it to the middle class by 1888 and later on down the line kodak made the brownie camera which was much cheaper making it available for the middle class by 1900.

the scientific aspect of photography became apparent as well, now we had a form of documenting events, objects and people as evidence. photographers like Edweard Muybridge created portfolios to measure animal and human locomotion. His famous images recorded key stages in movement which couldn't be highlighted with the human eye. the work fulfilled the cameras promise to clarify, enhance and allow scientists to study new areas and/or further into certain situations and scenarios.

artistically photography was initially used to capture exact detail and for the simple fact it can reproduce artwork for publication. however, photographers in this century struggled for artistic recognition possibly due to the fact that it was a much simpler, easier and more reliable method of portrait painting and highlighted hidden imperfections in artists work. the medium finally gained some kind of artistic traction when Paris's Universal Exposition in 1859(20 years after its invention) displayed photography and other art forms such as, paining, sculpting, engraving, next to each other for the first time. However, separated by different entrances and exhibitions spaces preserved the distinction between the two mediums. much of this was down to the fact that photographs are mechanically reproduced images, even kodaks selling point wasn't doing any favours for photography  ,"You press the button, we do the rest" simply highlighted the fact that its not physically hard to take a photo and led artist to believe it was a very effortless medium.