"This book should be in every photographer's library, but then I'm biased!" Author David Young on 'A Brief History of Photography'

Montage of the front cover of the book A Brief History of Photography by David S Young, and double-page spreads from inside the book.

Ever wondered who was the first woman to take a photograph? When the single-lens reflex camera was invented, or the year of the first aerial photograph?

Is the year when Edward Weston and Ansel Adams co-founded Group f64 on the tip of your tongue, or the name of the brand which introduced the first camera with automatic exposure?