This talk steps through the evolution of photography and farming. At the birth of photography most people were involved with farming, fishing, and food production. Levels of literacy were very low and visual storytelling via many forms of art was essential to communication and education. By the early 19th century agricultural productivity, which supported the industrial revolution, had plateaued after a period of impressive improvement. Photography arrived at a time when agriculture needed to get organized and knowledge driven with the best science. Industrial documentary photography soon compliments the documentary work of artist rapidly expanding what can be communicated. Artistically motivated photography arrives with the wet collodion process to feed into the romanticism of the Victorians. Social documentary photography, almost and antidote to romanticism arrives towards the end of the Victorian era. The talk follows these three forms of photography through the 20th century up to contemporary times as photography and farming both continue to evolve.