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Wedgwood and Davy Begin Their Work on Light Sensitive Materials
The early work of capturing a silhouette on treated paper, was not quite successful. -
Aluminum Discovered
Discovered by Hans Christian Oersted -
Niepce Captures the First Photograph
Successful at printing an image -
The Trail of Tears
Defamation of the Cherokee Nation by President Jackson -
Daguerrotype
Copper plate printing. First time photos could be commercially produced. -
The Calotype
First style of obtaining multiple prints of one picture. Similar to modern developing. -
Mexican-American War
The first full war to be photographed -
The New York Times is started
Produced by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. -
The Creation of the Wet Collodion Process
Invented by Frederick Scott Archer -
Invention of the Tin Type
originally described in France by Adolphe Alexandre Martin -
Birth of the Photographic Exchange Club
Designed to promote photography to the mainstream media and also to trade photos -
Photography in the Military
a photographic crew in the British military was formed as part of the Telegraphic School. This was used as a link between battles and the public. -
Tintype Patented in the USA
by: Hamilton Smith -
The Indian Mutiny
One of the first battles to be photographed -
Introduction of the Stereograph
A picture side by side, taken as if looking through each eye is placed in a viewfinder to make an almost 3D image. This became a wildly popular form of entertainment as well as a device for education purposes through photography. -
Julia Margaret Cameron
One of the first women photographers. She took photos of victorian people from all walks of life, dressed them up and told stories with her photos. She was crticized for her blurry images that was once a mistake, but soon became her signature -
The can opener is invented
by: William Lions -
The Great Chicago Fire
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Eastman established the Dry Plate process
after 3 years of trial and error he finally found a process that worked -
Eastman Dry Plate Company
George Eastman established his company with Strong -
The Dawn of Pictorialism
A movement started to make photography a legitimate art form -
Grover Cleveland Inaugurated
22nd president of the United States -
Haymarket Riot
A bomb was thrown into a crowd showing support for workers on strike in Chicago. -
Straight Photography
A movement to take photography away from Pictorialism. Fronted by Stieglitz and Paul Strand
