Though this paper does not give the most in terms of the actual historical events and innovations, it presents some very important ideas about how we need to decenter the European history when we are learning about the history of photography. It is an essential read before going on to the next sources which deal with non-western and global histories.
Gayed, A., & Angus, S. (2018). Visual Pedagogies: Decolonizing and Decentering the History of Photography. Studies in Art Education, 59(3), 228–242. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2018.1479823
This Video from Vox another great resource when thinking about decentering whiteness in photography. Chemicals bringing out the red, yellow, and brown tones of a picture were often left out of the formulation of color film, because white people were often the target markets for these products. It wasn't until 70's when things started to change, but not for the reasons one might think.
Vox. (2015). Color film was built for white people. Here’s what it did to dark skin. YouTube. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d16LNHIEJzs.
Hayes, P., & Minkley, G. (Eds.). (2019). Ambivalent : photography and visibility in African history. Ohio University Press.
Cody, J. W., & Terpak, F. (2011). Brush & shutter : Early photography in China. Getty Research Institute.
Nassar, I., Sheehi, S., & Tamari, S. (2022). Camera Palaestina: Photography and Displaced Histories of Palestine (1st ed.). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520382893
Arnold, B. C. (ed.). (2022). A History of Photography in Indonesia : From the Colonial Era to the Digital Age. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048558025
Mraz, J. (2012). Photographing the Mexican Revolution: Commitments, Testimonies, Icons . University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/735804
Debroise, O. (2001). Mexican suite : A history of photography in Mexico (de Sá Rego, S. Trans.). University of Texas Press.
Behdad, A., & Gartlan, L. (Eds.). (2013). Photography’s Orientalism : New essays on colonial representation. Getty Research Institute.
This article discusses the importance of portrait photography in the Wang Jingwei regime, in parts of Japanese-occupied china. Though this article only talks about chinese portrait photography during the period of 1939-45, it gives a rich and description of this time; providing lots of examples of Wang Jingwei's portraits and how they were used by both China and Japan to tell very different stories.
Taylor, J. E. (2019). The “Occupied Lens” in Wartime China: Portrait Photography in the Service of Chinese “Collaboration”, 1939-1945. History of Photography, 43(3), 284–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087298.2019.1662604
This East African history of photography by Prita Meier shows the prize of photography as object and as a tool of objectification; she also discusses how photography may not have always been a tool for subverting colonial views of Africans. Meier looks at examples of Swahili Photography which show very clearly peoples relationships to each other, and to their homes. A pretty quick and interesting read with lots of photographic examples if you are interested in the history of photography in Eastern Africa.
Meier, P. (2019). The Surface of Things: A History of Photography from the Swahili Coast. The Art Bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 101(1), 48–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2018.1504549
The J. Paul Getty Museum. (2021). Early Mexican photography (Part I) . Google Arts and Culture. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/early-mexican-photography-part-i-the-j-paul-getty-museum/cAWx5E8vE43-Dg?hl=en
A British history of photography in three parts from the BBC. These videos (condensed into one) go through some of the technological processes and inventors, but the real highpoints are when you get to see the actual processes being done as they would have happened so many years ago. We get to see the cameras change and the long exposure times become shorter. They even touch on Satellite photography that is being turned into art and go all the way through the history to digital photography, and cellphone cameras paired with social media today.
BBC. (2022). BBC History Of Photography Complete ( Episode 1,2, and 3). YouTube. Rap Education | Photography Academy. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZsjYCUfpo.