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Carlebach, Michael L. American Photojournalism Comes of Age. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. 217 pp. $29.95.
This history of photojournalism focuses roughly on 1880 to 1936, beginning with the invention of the halftone and ending with the launch of Life and Look. Michael Carlebach, a documentary photographer and professor in the School of Communications at the University of Miami, provides just what the title promises: a description of photojournalism coming of age in this country.
He gives the reader a picture of the period, almost with a "day-inthe-life" feel to it: the reluctance to accept new technology, the fear that the product might be degraded, the insatiable appetite for pictures from the viewing audience, and the need for speed and exclusivity among...