The first photo published in a newspaper
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- The first photograph published in a newspaper appeared in the French weekly periodical L'Illustration in July 1848, depicting barricaded Parisian streets from the June Days Uprising.
- Photojournalism gained momentum through war reporting, such as Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs and coverage of the American Civil War, but visual documentation did not reduce the recurrence of war.
- By 1900, images became expected in news rather than cherished, and photography evolved from an addition to print journalism to a journalistic force within a century.