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http://www.photohistorytimeline.com/?page_id=52
Strand left the U.S. to escape the prevalent climate of McCarthyism. He went to Orgeval, France where he resided with his wife, Hazel Kingsbury Strand, for the next 27 years. -
http://www.marcine.com/photohistorytimeline.html
Richard Avedon first starts to shoot his trademark potraits of people with stark white backgrounds. He contributed photos to LIFE, Look and Graphis. He was known for allowing his models to show more emotions than what was the norm back then. -
http://www.marcine.com/photohistorytimeline.html
The advent of television merged the mediums of documentary and photography to create photojournalism. People could now learn about current events in the comfort of their own homes. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strand
Paul Strand produces his collection of photos on the landscape and people of New England. -
http://www.marcine.com/photohistorytimeline.html
David Douglas Duncan's book This is War!, which contained images of the Korean War, was published. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Avedon
Richard Avedon became the Staff Editor and photographer for Theatre Arts Magazine. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strand
Paul Strand publishes his collection of photos detailing life in rural France after the war. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_photography_technology
The low-budget polarized 3-D film sparked a 3-D craze that lasted from 1953 to 1954. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_photography_technology
The Leica M3 was a 35 mm rangefinder camera by Ernst Leitz GmbH (now Leica Camera AG). It introduced several new features such as a combination of viewfinder and rangefinder in a single bright window, as well as a bayonet lens mount. -
http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Photography.htm
Eastman Kodak introduced the first high speed Tri-X film. In combination with 35mm cameras, this black and white photographic film transformed photojournalism at the time. -
http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/timeline/?decade=1950
The press covers the Supreme Court's ruling in the case that called for the desegregation of public schools across the U.S. -
http://www.marcine.com/photohistorytimeline.html
The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published. It featured liberal use of colored photos and was meant to be the premier magazine for the average sportsman. -
http://photo.net/history/timeline
Edward Steichen curated the Family of Man exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art. This exhibit featured several photos taken from around the world that were ment to promote unity and humanism after an era of strife and war. While it showed the differences between different cultures and peoples, it also showed the goals in life that they all shared. -
http://www.photohistorytimeline.com/?page_id=52
O. WInston Link, an industrial photographer, began documenting the last major railroad that still hadn't made the transition from steam to diesel power. -
http://www.marcine.com/photohistorytimeline.html
Robert Frank traveled the U.S. on a Guggenheim scholarship to photograph how post-war America and Americans really looked. They were meant to be more bleak and realistic in contrast to most other photos of the time that depicte America as prosperous and harmonious. -
http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/timeline/?decade=1950
The press coverage of Emmett Till's murder in Money, Mississippi brought widespread attention to the issue of racial discrimination in the South and the extent to which it was willing to go. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strand
Paul Strand produces his collection of photos featuring the Luzzara commune and the Po River Valley in Italy. -
http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/timeline/?decade=1950
The coverage of the boycott brought attention to MLK's message of using nonviolent means to achieve equality. The success of the boycott demonstrated that it was possiblen to do this.
