Black & White Photography came into it own during WWII 
Photojournalist covered battles equipped with Leica 35mm SLR cameras
 to cover the war for LIFE magazine.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David Seymour start the photographer Magnum Picture Agency.

 1948 Sweden produced SLR Hasselblad camera for commercial use.  Japan introduced the Pentax camera and Polaroid sells instant black/white film

Berenice Abbott New York in B/W

Lunch atop a Skyscraper: is a famous photograph taken by Charles C. Ebbets during construction of the GE Building at Rockefeller Center in 1932. The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above New York City. Charles Ebbets skyscraper  photo appeared in the New York Herald Tribune  October 2. Taken on the 69th floor of the GE Building during construction. Ebbets was a well known photographer and had his work published in newspapers such as New York Times, Miami Daily News, National Geographic, Field & Stream, US Camera, Look Magazine, Popular Photography

Joe Rosenthal's photograph of GIs raising the American flag at Iwo Jima
 is one of the most famous, enduring images in American history. Read More

Margaret Burke-White Collection of Photographs