worth a thousand words?
Before the turn of the twentieth century, illustrations were used successfully for print advertisimg. During the 1920s the modern advertising industry emerged, and advertisers preferred the perceived "authenticity" of photography. The strength of advertising photography is due in large part to its ability to glorify an object or person.
Edward Steichen, 1927
Nickolas Muray, 1933
"The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality." Henri Cartier Bresson