Wikipedia on colour photography
That Russian bloke who invented colour photography in 1905
(The Scots invented everything)
William Eggleston's innovative colour work was promoted at MOMA in 1976 by John Szarkowski, keen to repeat his late sixties successes with Winogrand and Freidlander
William Eggleston - Masters of Photography link
William Eggleston.com
Influenced heavily by the 'epic' photography in The Family of Man exhibition in 1955, Irish businessman John Hinde (an ex Circus performer - a showman at heart) achieved great commercial success with extraordinary, saturated colour postcards - intended to match peoples' memory of their holiday - not the stark, austere post-war reality
John Hinde's Butlins postcards
Tony Ray Jones died from Leukaemia in 1972 at the age of 31 - which is why so few people have heard of him
Martin Parr blog (please read this)
Martin Parr audio interview
More Parr
New Brighton - the seaside town featured in Parr's 'The last resort'
Umberto Eco published a very important book of collected writings in 1985, called 'Travels in Hyper-reality'. Eco discusses the media and the messages they send - and we receive. He's particularly interested in the idea of 'simulated reality' - theme parks, Disneyland and the madness of Las Vegas. Please follow this link and read a synopsis of his thoughts.
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