PHOTOGRAPHY TIMELINE By orch-a-dork12 Jan 1, 1519 Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1802 John James Audubon painted 435 species of birds Jan 1, 1826 First Permanent Image Jan 1, 1839 First Camera Camera Obscura. Jan 1, 1839 First photo of a person Period: Jan 1, 1839 to Feb 14, 2011 History of Photography The word "PHOTOGRAPHY" Jan 1, 1847 First picture of lightening and first picture of war Jan 1, 1861 First color picture Jan 1, 1878 First action picture Jan 1, 1884 First tornado picture Jan 1, 1903 Paul Klee etched VIRGIN IN A TREE Jan 1, 1909 First picture of the North Pole Jan 1, 1912 First picture of Machu Picchu Jan 1, 1914 WW I starts Jan 1, 1926 First underwater picture Jan 1, 1939 WW II starts Jan 1, 1940 First high-speed images Jan 1, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jan 1, 1946 First picure taken in space Jan 1, 1962 First all-color image Jan 1, 1991 First digital still camera Jan 1, 2006 First digital camera trap