This documentary presents an in-depth look at the history of photography, featuring 1,700 pictures and 300 artists. Includes: 'The Precursors,' 'The Surrealists,' 'War Photography,' 'Portraitists,' 'The Photo-reporters,' 'Fashion Photography,' 'Nudes,' 'Photography and Science,' 'Amateur Photography' and 'The Photographic Market.' Photographers presented include Ansel Adams, Brassai, Lewis Carroll, Robert Doisneau, George Eastman, Max Ernst, Roger Fenton, Eadweard Muybridge, Helmut Newton, Nicephore Niepce, Man Ray, Edward J. Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson and more.