History of Photography

Isaac Newton

Dec 1, 1664

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Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.

Panorama

Oct 6, 1794

1794
First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker

Joseph Niepce

Dec 1, 1814

Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded.

Photos and Negatives

Oct 6, 1865

1865
Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright

Gelatin

Oct 6, 1871

1871
Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.

Kodak

Dec 1, 1888

Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.

Xerography

Dec 1, 1942

Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography (xerography)

Polaroid

Sep 22, 1948

Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera.

CD

Sep 22, 1990

Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium.

DSLR

Oct 6, 2011

After years of compact point and shoot cameras DSLR cameras are back in fasion.