| 1893 | Europe • Germany | The first exhibition of photography held at the Hamburg Kunsthalle organized by the director Prof. Alfred Lichtwark. |
| 1893 | Europe • Great Britain | The Stereoscopic Society is founded. |
| 1893 | North America • USA | Cornele B. Adams issued a patent for "Method of Photogrammetry" which used two aerial photographs of the same locality taken from a tethered balloon. (12 December 1893) |
| 1893 | Europe • Great Britain | The Photographic Salon is the first show of the Linked Ring Brotherhood founded in Great Britain. (November 1893) [Read about] |
| 1894 | Europe • France
| The Photo-Club of Paris ('le Photo Club de Paris') holds its first exhibition Première exposition d'art photographique. (1 October 1894) [Read about]
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| 1895 | Europe • France
| The Lumière Brothers , Auguste (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948), hold the first public demonstration of moving pictures at the Grand Cafe on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris with their Cinematograph. (28 December 1895) |
| 1895 | Europe • Germany
| Professor Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen , Professor of Physics and Vice Chancellor of the University of Würzburg, discovers rays that pass through seemingly solid objects, these are later called x-rays. (8 November 1895) [Read about] |
| 1895 | Europe • France
| The Photo-Club of Paris ('le Photo Club de Paris') holds its second exhibition Deuxième Exposition d'Art Photographique. [Read about]
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| 1895 | Europe • UK
| The Photographic Salon in London holds its third salon but it is the first where a deluxe publication is issued. Walter L. Colls, a master printer and member of The Linked Ring Brotherhood, prints the 20 photogravures. In October 1897 the first issue of Camera Notes is published by The New York Camera Club with Alfred Stieglitz as editor and it praises the portfolio as "one of which not only the Salon and Mr. Colls, but photography itself may be proud."
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| 1896 | Europe • Austria | The Clover Leaf ('Das Kleeblatt' or 'Trifolium') is founded in Vienna (Austria). [Read about] |
| 1896 | Europe • France
| The Photo-Club of Paris ('le Photo Club de Paris') holds its third exhibition Troisième Exposition d'Art Photographique. (12 May 1896) [Read about]
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| 1897 | Europe • Great Britain
| John Benjamin Stone founds the National Photographic Record Association to preserve the folklore and customs of England. |
| 1897 | North America • USA
| Alfred Stieglitz publishes Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies.
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| 1897 | Europe • Austria
| Franz Goerke (1856-1931) edits and publishes Die Kunst in der Photographie. This is the first year of this seminal publication. [Read about]
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| 1897 | Europe • France
| The Photo-Club of Paris ('le Photo Club de Paris') holds its fourth exhibition Quatrième Année Salon de Photographie. (13 April 1897) [Read about]
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| 1898 | North America • USA | Reverend Hannibal Goodwin (1822-1900) is granted a patent (U.S. 610,861) for "photographic pellicle and process of producing same ... especially in connection with roller cameras" in simple terms celluloid photographic film. (13 September 1898) |
| 1900 | Europe • Great Britain | Fred Holland Day organizes the Royal Photographic Society exhibition of The New School of American Photography held in London. This was the first showing in Europe of the immense progress that had been made in American pictorialist photography. [Read about] |
| 1900 | North America • USA | The First mass-marketed camera, the Brownie, costs $1. |
| 1901 | Europe • France | Fred Holland Day shows the The New School of American Photography exhibition that had been shown in London in 1900 to the Photo Club de Paris. [Read about] |
| 1902 | North America • USA
| Alfred Stieglitz founds Camera Work. [Read about]
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