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What is a good attention grabber for my research paper on the history of photography?

I have a research paper on the history of photography. But i am lost for an attention grabber please help me!!
i was trying to focus on the impact of photography and how the camera has evolved making pictures look better

Start by describing an iconic photo, and the story behind it. You might describe the impact that a particular photograph has had, and use that to launch your discussion. Some possible candidates for iconic photographs might be some of Dorthea Lange’s WPA photos, or Joe Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” or maybe Chris Fields’ photo of a firefighter carrying a dying infant from the ruins of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Many of these can be described in text, instantly recalling the image to mind even without the need to include the photo. (But I would do so anyway, including it as an appendix to the back of your paper.) Using this approach shows the power of photography, to evoke emotions and even as an agent for social change.

The links below have the photos that I’ve mentioned. Good luck.

Photography History Early Contact Printmaker – WORKS! $79.00

10 Years of Leica World Magazine NY MoMA Camera M8 History 2 2006 Photography $74.95

1876 BRICE PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY INVENTOR FILM TIN CAMERA $28.95

Three Seconds from Eternity by Robert Doisneau (1980)early photography*history $28.00

History Of Photography: Set of 6 c50 Y/O Cards $15.83

History of Photography {Camera Catalogs} on DVD $12.95

Photography: History, Materials And Processes, Swedlund $10.32

Photography: History, Materials And Processes, Swedlund $9.90

1954 magazine article, George Eastman, Kodak, biography photography history $6.69

C PHOTOGRAPHY Handbook of History Materials & Processes $4.99

Ziggurat dating from 1250 BC, temple to god Inshushinak on site of Elamite Photo Mugs Ziggurat dating from 1250 BC, temple to god Inshushinak on site of Elamite city, Choga Zanbil, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East….

1880 Train, Hill City, Black Hills, South Dakota, United States of America, Photo Mugs 1880 Train, Hill City, Black Hills, South Dakota, United States of America, North America….

A gate at Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe Photo Mugs A gate at Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe….

The War: A Ken Burns Film $7.98 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed….

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Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890-1950 $24.75 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed….

American Photography – A Century of Images [VHS] $29.99 Time travel at its best! American Photography: A Century of Images is a remarkably complete, high-caliber PBS presentation of who Americans were and are, using 20th-century images that capture everything from the everyday to the once-in-a-lifetime. While of course you’ll see many photographs, some familiar and some new, you’ll also learn about the history of our relationship with photography and t…

The American Experience – The Wizard of Photography [VHS] $19.98 In the 19th century photography developed into an art form, but it was restricted to professionals because the cameras and chemicals required to take pictures were both complicated and unwieldy. A young American, George Eastman, vowed to change that, and in the process he changed the world. As dramatically portrayed in this documentary, an installment of PBS’s American Experience series, Ea…

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs [VHS] Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs, hosted by Sam Waterston, tells the compelling stories behind some of the world’s most memorable photographs. Returning to the scene of the action, each photographer describes, in a gripping first-hand account, how they took their prize-winning photographs. The moments they captured forged history and changed lives – including the photogr…

On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City $24.59 Energizing the visual landscape since 1968, New York City’s community murals beautify, educate, protest, celebrate, and often motivate residents to action. Collaborations between artists and neighborhood groups, these painted walls reflect the social, cultural, and political climate of their times. The result of six years of research and hundreds of interviews, On the Wall brings to light murals t…

On Photography $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and presentday role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography. Among these, she contrasts Diane Arbuss work with that of Depressionera documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration. She also explores the history of American photography in relation to the idealistic notions of America put forth by Walt Whitman and traces these ideas through to the increasingly cynical aesthetic notions of the 1970s, particularly in relation to Arbus and Andy Warhol. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 104 Publication Date: 2010/12/29 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.25 inches

World History of Photography (Paperback) $88.69 Traces photographic history both topically and chronologically, profiles key masters, explains terms and processes, and features the landmarks in the development of photography.

A World History of Photography (Hardcover) $81.33 Traces photographic history both topically and chronologically, profiles key masters, explains terms and processes, and features the landmarks in the development of photography.

A History of Photography (Paperback) $21.58 TASCHEN`s 25th anniversary – Special edition! "An intelligent introduction to the history of photography. In every respect, an outstanding work." -Choice magazine, USA