| 1951 | Europe • Germany | The exhibition Subjektive Fotografie opens in Cologne. |
| 1952 | North America • USA
| Henri Cartier-Bresson publishes The Decisive Moment (New York: Simon and Schuster). |
| 1952 | Europe • Switzerland | Paul Strand and Claude Roy publish La France de Profil.
La France De Profil
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| 1952 | Europe • Greece | The Greek Photographic Society (EFE) is founded. |
| 1953 | Asia • French Indochina | Robert Capa is killed by a land mine whilst photographing in French Indochina. He had been the motivator behind the formation of the Magnum photo-agency. |
| 1954 | North America • Canada | First issue of Sports Illustrated (Vol.1 No.1) and includes a photograph by Mark Kauffman of the mile race between Dr. Roger Bannister (England) and Michael Landy (Australia) in Vancouver when both men beat the four minute barrier. (16 August 1954) |
| 1955 | North America • USA | Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes publishes The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
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| 1955 | North America • USA | Edward Steichen organizes The Family of Man Exhibition which was shown first at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York but tours to widespread acclaim and vast crowds. It includes 503 works by 273 photographers from 68 countries.
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| 1956 | Europe • France | William Klein publishes Life Is Good & Good for You in New York. |
| 1956 | Europe • Czechoslovakia | Josef Sudek publishes Josef Sudek Fotografie. |
| 1956 | Europe • Netherlands | Ed Van der Elsken publishes Love on the Left Bank.
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| 1959 | North America • USA | Richard Avedon and Truman Capote publish Observations. |
| 1959 | North America • USA
| Robert Frank publishes The Americans. A French edition published by Delpire had been released in 1958.
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| 1959 | North America • USA | Aaron Siskind publishes Photographs
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| 1959 | Europe • Netherlands | Ed Van der Elsken publishes Jazz. |
