History of Photography — founding and early issues (1977–)
Citation
History of Photography. London: Taylor and Francis (later Routledge), 1977–. Quarterly.
Founded 1977 by Heinz K. Henisch and Bridget A. Henisch (first editors). ISSN 0308-7298.
Relevance
The founding academic peer-reviewed journal dedicated specifically to the history of photography. Its inaugural year (1977) coincides with Sontag’s On Photography (book publication) and the consolidation of photography’s theoretical institutionalization. History of Photography provided a scholarly venue for archival and historical studies of photography that ran alongside the more theoretical discourse of October and Camera Obscura. Articles in this journal on mid-century exhibition practice and on Edward Steichen’s curatorial career are directly relevant to Family of Man reception scholarship. Named in CREDIBILITY.md as a Tier-2 peer-reviewed journal.
This entry covers the journal as an institutional reference point. Specific articles from History of Photography relevant to the Family of Man reception are best cited as separate entries when their details can be verified from primary fetches.
Key excerpts / pages
- Access status (2026-04-30): Taylor and Francis URL
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tpho20/current— WebFetch not permitted in this session; URL not fetched. Body text NOT consulted in this round. - Founding year (1977) and founding editors (Heinz K. Henisch and Bridget A. Henisch): carried from standard bibliographic reference in photography-history literature, not verified from a primary fetch in this session.
- ISSN 0308-7298 carried from secondary citation, not verified in this round.
Notes
- History of Photography is distinct from the more theoretically oriented October or Camera Obscura: it emphasizes archival, biographical, and technical history of photography, providing primary-source-grounded studies.
- The Henisch editorship established the journal’s archival and historical emphasis. Later editors moved it toward greater engagement with social and cultural history.
- Cross-reference to
src-october-1976-founding(founding year neighbor; different methodological orientation). Cross-reference tosrc-afterimage-1972-founding(earlier founding venue). - Cross-reference to
src-sandeen-1995: Sandeen’s historical study of The Family of Man is the kind of scholarship that History of Photography was founded to publish; the journal would be a natural venue for reception-history essays on the exhibition. verified: false: URL not fetched; body text NOT consulted in this round. Founding year, editors, publisher, and ISSN carried from standard bibliographic reference in photography-history literature, not from a primary fetch.