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By the nineteenth century, new forms of art were emerging and artists were now searching for ways to “unite objective reality and artful perception.” Photography and East Asian art, particularly the Japanese print, were among these new forms in France. The author of this article, Deborah Johnson, goes on to explain how these two specific forms provided artists with the motivation necessary in taking the next steps in moving into the modern era. The announcement of the invention of photography came about in Paris and London in 1839. It became widely popularized during the 1850’s through travel books and exhibitions. Photography offered many new points of interests to artists, particularly landscape artists. They made it possible to achieve more “objective” reality. One of photography’s biggest contributions was the concept of light and shadow. Landscape painters found inspiration in the light, textures, and compositions that were captured by the photograph. There were two different types of photographs that came about. William Talbot produced photographic prints on paper from a negative base. This process is similar to the one