This article examines photographer H. H. Bennett's contributions within the context of the history of photography. Bennett is a fascinating historical character because he used his own inventions to explore different areas of the discipline under the umbrella of commercial photography, and he contributed to what would become media photography with his stop-action techniques. Recognizing Bennett's work enriches the practice and social histories of photography, in which he is often dismissed as only a landscape photographer who ran a commercial enterprise. Before the arrival of Life and National Geographic, stereographs like Bennett's showed middle-class Americans the world, encouraged tourism, and served as early reportage efforts. Most of these were landscape images to encourage tourism, but some were early efforts in reportage.

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HH Bennett：开拓者和商业摄影师，1865–1907

本文在摄影史的背景下考察了摄影师 HH Bennett 的贡献。Bennett 是一个引人入胜的历史人物，因为他利用自己的发明在商业摄影的保护伞下探索了该学科的不同领域，并以他的定格技术为后来的媒体摄影做出了贡献。认可 Bennett 的作品丰富了摄影的实践和社会历史，其中他经常被认为只是一个经营商业企业的风景摄影师。在《生活》和《国家地理》问世之前，像贝内特这样的立体图向美国中产阶级展示了世界，鼓励了旅游业，并作为早期的报道文学作品。其中大部分是鼓励旅游业的风景图像，但有些是早期报告文学的努力。