New York Institute of Photography Celebrates 100 Years

New York Institute of Photography Celebrates 100 Years

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The New York Institute of Photography (www.nyi100years.com), America's oldest and largest photography school, was founded in 1910 and celebrates 100 years of leadership in photography education this year.

In 1910 the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. The world looked to science and technology to make life better and American businesses led the way to that better life with new products, new inventions, and opportunities for people seeking to learn new skills. It was a natural time to start a school to teach the art and science of photography.

In 1910, America's population was just over 90 million, less than one-third as many people as today. Transportation was bringing people closer and making the world smaller. Henry Ford sold 10,000 cars that year. In New York City, Penn Station, then the world's largest train hub, opened. The Wright Brothers conducted the first commercial cargo flight and Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture. In photography, the first infrared photographs were published in 1910 and the world's first practical color photography process, the Autochrome, had appeared just three years earlier.

In the burgeoning neighborhood around Penn Station – still the location of many vocational schools – German immigrant Emile Brunel opened the New York Institute of Photography (NYIP), starting as a retail operation that taught its customers how to use the photography equipment they bought. The school quickly expanded into teaching photo engraving, retouching, and cinematography, and began to publish its lessons in book form.

As it has evolved over 100 years to meet the demand for practical instruction, NYIP has grown into a renowned institute featuring multi-media distance education courses in all things photography to aspiring professionals and passionate amateurs throughout the world. Today, no other photography school offers instructional materials of the scope and quality of NYIP, and no other distance education program offers the personal attention that is the hallmark of NYIP's program.

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