Beaumont Newhall (June 22, 1908 - February 26, 1993) was an American photography historian, curator, and critic, widely regarded as one of the most important photography theorists and historians of the 20th century. His work spanned various aspects of photography, from criticism to museum curation.
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“The present challenge to the photographer is to express inner significance through outward form.”
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Source: In plain sight: the photographs of Beaumont Newhall
Source: The history of photography: from 1839 to the present
“If the historian will be faithful to the photograph, the photograph will be faithful to history.”
“We are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually.”