1900

1901

1902

Photo-Secession was founded in New York (-1917)

1903

The first issue of Camera Work was published in New York (-1917)

1904

1905

291 Gallery opened in New York (-1917)

Die Brücke in Dresden, Germany

1906

1907

Stieglitz, 'The Steerage'

Les demoiselles d'Avignon (Picasso) - Cezannesque cubism (primitive cubism)

1908

1909

Futurist Manifesto (Marinetti)

1910

(or 1911) First abstract painting (by Kandinsky?)
analytic(al) cubism (-1912)

1911

Der Blaue Reiter in Munich

1912

Du Cubisme (Gleizes & Metzinger)
Section d'Or

1913

Anton Giulio Bragaglia, "Fotodinamismo Futurista"
Alvin Langdon Coburn, vortograph (or 1912? or 1917?)

Armory Show
Duchamp's first ready-made "Bicycle Wheel"
Rayonist Manifesto (Larionov) (cf. 1909 Rayonism)
synthetic cubism (-1914)

1914

Blast (Vorticism)
Costructivism (-1917,-1925)

1915

New York DADA
Suprematist Manifesto (Malevich) (cf. 1913 first abstract by Malevich)
Precisionism (-1941c)

1916

Zurich DADA

1917

De Stijl (-1931) in Leiden, Holland
Metaphysical Painting (De Chirico met Carra. cf. 1913 Chirico's first metaphysical work)

1918

Christian Schad, Schadograph

Après le Cubisme (Purism: Jeanneret & Ozenfant)

1919

Raoul Hausmann and John Heartfield (separately), Fotomontage

Bauhaus (Weimar -1925, Dessau -1932, Berlin -1933)

1920

The first issue of Vogue was published

1921

Man Ray, Rayograph

1922

László Moholy-Nagy, Photogram (1921?)

Breton v. Tzara

1923

1924

Surrealist Manifesto (Breton)

1925

László Moholy-Nagy, "Malerei, Fotografie, Film"
The first issue of Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) was published in Germany (or 1927?)

1926

Francis Bruguire, Light Abstraction
Atget's photographs appeared in La Révolution Surréaliste (a magazine) in Paris
Metropolitan Museum started its collection of photographs (or 1928?)

1927

Edward Weston, 'Shell' series (or 1926?)
The first issue of an annual "Das Deutsche Lichtbild" was published (-1939)

1928

Albert Renger-Patsch, "Die Welt ist Schön"
Karl Blossfeldt, "Urformen der Kunst"
The first issue of "Vu" was published by Lucien Vogel in Paris

1929

The exhibition "Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto" was organised by Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart
Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold, "Foto Auge"
August Sander, "Antlitz der Zeit"
Werner Gräff, "Es kommt der neue Fotograf!"

1930

The first issue of "USSR in Construction (CCCP HA STPOIKE)" was published.
The first issue of an annual "Photographie" was published by Arts et Métiers Graphiques in paris
Man Ray, solarization
MoMA started its collection of photographs

Cercle et Carré / Art Concret

1931

Helmar Lerski, "Köpfe des Alltags"
Julien Levy Gallery opened in New York
The first issue of "Modrn Photography: Studio Annual of Camera Art" was published

Abstraction-Création (-1936: Auguste Herbin)

1932

F.64 was founded in San Francisco
Lewis W. Hine, "Men at Work"

1933

Brassaï, "Paris de Nuit"

1934

1935

The Resettlement Administration (RA) was created in USA (Roy E. Stryker)
The first issue of an annual "U.S. Camera" was published

1936

The first issue of LIFE was published by Henry R. Luce in New York
Robert Capa, 'Moment of Death, Spain (Death of a Spanish Loyalist)'
Photo League was founded in New York
Bill Brandt, "The English at Home"

1937

The first issue of Look was published by Gardner Cowles in USA
László Moholy-Nagy founded the New Bauhaus in Chicago (-1938, School of Design Chicago 1939-1944, Institute of Design 1944-1949)
RA became the Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Man Ray, "La Photographie n'est pas l'art"
Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell, "You Have Seen Their Faces"

1938

1939

1940

American Museum of Photography was founded in Philadelphia
Photography department opened at MoMA, New York (MoMA itself opened in 1929)

1941

Walker Evans and James Agee, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"

1942

1943

1944

1945

Weegee, "Naked City"
Alexey Brodovitch, "Ballet"