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Originally Posted by AgX  But, to my mind, it is less important just to know a very date, but rather in which context a certain development is to be put.
How did people achieve certain ideas? Why was decided in favour of a certain research project? What was the market’s, the competitors’ response? How was the life of those involved touched? And, not at least, I think an invention can even have an inner beauty. |
Totally agreed. I am more interested in how a discovery or technology lead to later work, and also how photographic technology influenced photography. Electronic flash, small formats, pan films, etc. are easily recognized and discussed in many literatures but when you get one step closer things are very rarely discussed.
1930s as a whole was a very exciting time in photographic technology. Works at Wolfen were singular and isolated and the shock of the rest of the world discovering them was pretty obvious. Whether 1935 or 1937 I don't care much.