American Photography: A Century of Images

“In slightly over a century and a half, photography has gone from outsider to insider status, but now the rules of the art game seem to have changed, as ‘mixed media’ (collage and installation art, with photography, painting, and sculpture joined) and ‘new media’ (video and computer) disrupt the old-fashioned divisions into painting, sculpture, and prints and drawings. Photography may be the new kid on the block, but the whole neighborhood is changing fast.”