history of photography

first photo

Apr 5, 1825

The first permanent photograph was an image produced in 1825 by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. However, because his photographs took so long to expose, he sought to find a new process.

first photo of a person

Sep 9, 1839

first color photo

Sep 2, 1861

Color photography was explored beginning in the mid 1800s. Early experiments in color could not fix the photograph and prevent the color from fading. The first permanent color photo was taken in 1861 by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

first action photo

Sep 9, 1878

first underwater color photo

Jan 1, 1926

first photos taken from space

Sep 9, 1946

first survey of the night sky

Jan 1, 1949

first birds eye view

Sep 9, 1958

the first birds eye view was taken in 1958

first all color magazine

Sep 9, 1962