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Pg… 2 Publisher’s Note.
Pg… 8 The Power of Pictures: Glimpsing our world through an enhanced aperture
Pg… 25 The First Photo.
Pg… 26 Milestones: A look at 150 years of innovation
Pg… 38 Seven Masters: Classic work that has left and indelible imprint
Pg… 47 Playing a Role in History: Images that changed our minds
Pg… 54 The Portrait: How do you capture a human spirit?
Pg… 62 Making Art: Wit and daring push the medium to its limits
Pg… 73 Superlatives: From the priciest print to the most popular pinup
Pg… 76 Taking Aim: Facing the horror of war.
Pg… 86 Beauty’s Space: Embracing the elusive essence of the exquisite
Pg… 96 Landmark Cameras: The evolution of the Magic box
Pg… 99 Pioneers: Three wizards of lights, camera and action
Pg… 105 The Future: Video stills get a trial run––and here are the pixels!
Pg… 108 Our Town: A turn–of–the–century trove from a Wellsboro, PA, portrait studio
Pg… 116 Specialists: The singular demands of fashion, sports, advertising and science
Pg… 126 Shame Exposed: Documentary photographers who aimed their cameras in anger
Pg… 133 Confessions of a Paparazzo: How a London lensmen snares slippery celebrities
Pg… 136 A Great Age: Six feisty giants
Pg… 144 A New Breed: Today’s top photojournalists
Pg… 153 Cherished Moments: Noted writers nominate their favorite snapshots
Pg… 160 When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Is there a photo doctor in the house?
Pg… 162 Going Wild: revealing the astonishment of nature is a labor of fashion––and patience
Pg… 168 Miscellany
