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History of Photography

The document provides a history of photography from its earliest beginnings in the 1820s to modern digital photography. Some of the key developments discussed include the earliest known photograph from 1826-1827, William Fox Talbot's invention of the calotype process in 1830, the coining of the term "photography" in 1836, the creation of the first color photograph in 1851, the introduction of roll film and the Kodak camera in 1888, the invention of Kodachrome film in 1935, and the creation of the first digital camera in 1975 by Kodak engineer Steve Sasson. The document traces the evolution of photographic technologies and processes over 150 years.

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History of Photography

The document provides a history of photography from its earliest beginnings in the 1820s to modern digital photography. Some of the key developments discussed include the earliest known photograph from 1826-1827, William Fox Talbot's invention of the calotype process in 1830, the coining of the term "photography" in 1836, the creation of the first color photograph in 1851, the introduction of roll film and the Kodak camera in 1888, the invention of Kodachrome film in 1935, and the creation of the first digital camera in 1975 by Kodak engineer Steve Sasson. The document traces the evolution of photographic technologies and processes over 150 years.

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History of

photography

By: Ben King


Earliest Known
Photograph

● 1826 or 1827
● Image of the Niepce estate in france
Calotype

● 1830
● William Henry Fox Talbot
● a sheet of paper coated with silver
chloride was exposed to light in a
camera obscura
● those areas hit by light became dark
in tone, yielding a negative image.
Origins of the term
“photography”

● 1836 made the word Photography the


action of taking pictures.
● Created from Greek roots (photos, phos,
and graphe)
● Translated to “drawing with light”
Color Photography

● 1851
● The man who created it didn't release the
process until 1856
● Levi Hill invented it
● Gabriel lippmann won a Nobel prize for
advancements
Wet Collodion Process

● 1851
● Invented by Frederick scott Archer
● long , tough process
● Valued for the detail and clarity
Dry plate photography

● 1871
● glass plate coated with a gelatin
emulsion of silver bromide
● Was a big advantage over the wet
collodion process
Kodak roll film camera

● 1888
● Original kodak camera
● Introduced by George Eastman
● $25 with a roll of film
Kodachrome Film

● Introduced in 1935
● Invented by John Capstaff
● First Kodak product
Daguerreotype

● Most popular in 1939-1960


● Named after the inventor who was Louis
Jacques Mandé Daguerre
● An image on a silvered copper plate
● Accurate, detailed, and sharp
● fragile
Polaroid Instant
Photography
● 1948-first instant camera
● Creates the photo instantly
● Use instant roll film
First Digital Camera

● 1975
● Created by Steve Sasson at Eastman Kodak
● Also needed a few devices to play back the
images
Most modern camera

● Fully digital
● Tons of features
● Interchangeable lenses
● Different sensors
● Tons of options and debate
Sources

● Administrator. “Daguerreobase.” Daguerreobase - What Is a Daguerreotype?,


www.daguerreobase.org/en/knowledge-base/what-is-a-daguerreotype.
● Suddath, Claire. “Kodachrome.” Time, Time Inc., 23 June 2009,
content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1906503,00.html.
● Lomographymagazine. “Lomography - Timeline: A Quick History of Instant Photography.” · Lomography,
Lomography, 3 Oct. 2018, www.lomography.com/magazine/322573-instant-photography-timeline.
● “A Brief History of Color Photography, From Dream to Reality.” PetaPixel, 12 Oct. 2015,
petapixel.com/2015/10/11/a-brief-history-of-color-photography-from-dream-to-reality/.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Wet-Collodion Process.” Encyclopædia Britannica,
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 18 Oct. 2013, www.britannica.com/technology/wet-collodion-process.
● “The World's First Digital Camera by Kodak and Steve Sasson.” PetaPixel, 5 Aug. 2010,
petapixel.com/2010/08/05/the-worlds-first-digital-camera-by-kodak-and-steve-sasson/.
More sources

● “Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin.” Harry Ransom Center,


www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/firstphotograph/.
● “Photograph (n.).” Index, www.etymonline.com/word/photograph.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Dry Plate.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 July 2010,
www.britannica.com/technology/dry-plate.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Calotype.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 9 Feb. 2018,
www.britannica.com/technology/calotype.

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