Kinkaid J. Press Photography

American photographic publishing, 1936. — 296 p.Since time immemorial, pictures of notables and important events have been made for the purpose of saving for future generations some representation of life in a given era. Today, through the development of the modern newspaper and improvement in photographic equipment, there has come into being a new field of work known as press or news photography. Historians in generations to come will, in all probability, use the newspapers of today as guides in interpreting the events of modern life. Through the newspapers, they will also be given a pictorial panorama of life in this generation, in past generations, and in generations to come. The making of such pictorial records is the work of the news cameramen.