Photography through the decades. 1990-2000.
Photography gear in the 90′s
Kodak DCS 100, 1991.
The world’s first digital SLR was nothing like the DSLRs of today. The Kodak Professional Digital Camera System (DCS) was a modified Nikon F3 tethered to a completely separate hard disc drive that was carried over the photographers shoulder, which was capable of storing up to 156 uncompressed 1.3MP images. It cost around £24,000.
Famous Images 1990-2000
OJ Simpson Trial, 1995.
The trial of OJ Simpson dominated 1995, and one of the most infamous moments was when the former football player tried on a pair of gloves, spawning the phrase "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." This was the most followed trial of the decade with many iconic photos from the trail.
Fall Of KGB Statue, 1991.
In August 1991, hardliners in the Communist Party demanded the removal of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who wanted to sign a treaty that would lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. They did this by placing him under house arrest and reinstating censorship. However, they were met by mass civil resistance–particularly in Moscow. Even with the aid of the KGB, the feared secret police, hardliners couldn’t win support and their coup toppled in three days. Two AP photographers, Olga Shalygin and Alexander Zemlianichenko, snapped this iconic image of Moscow civilians destroying the large, reviled statue of feared KGB founder, Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. It won the Pulitzer Prize for AP the next year and became of symbol of the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union and one of the lasting and iconic images of the 1990s.
Photographers of the decade.
Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times. McCurry has photographed many assignments for National Geographic and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986. Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for over three decades, documenting conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture.
