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"Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung", the First Photographically Illustrated News Magazine

1901
First issue of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung.

First issue of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung.

In 1901, when it became technically feasible to print halftones of photographs inside a magazine, publisher Leopold Ullstein introduced this innovation into the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitungdeveloping it into the prototype of the modern news magazine. The magazine pioneered the photo-essay, maintained a specialized staff and production unit for photographs and a photo library.

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