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Photography is one of the most impactful discoveries in history. It meant that instead of relying on only written word a society and its people could not record their history through visual evidence to back up the written word.
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StevePhotography was the perfect solution to art in the time of the enlightenment; scientific, reasonablewithout unnecessary flourishes. However the invention of photography changed the value of art - it could no longer be stated that art made after the invention of photography was only valuable as a snapshot of that time period; for that was the job of the camera. In a sense art was given a higher value as it portrayed a personal perception connected with historical events and philosophy.
The first impact of photographs affecting US history came during the US Civil War. The war scene photos taken by Matthew Brady displayed to Northerners and Southerners the death and destruction the US Civil War created.
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