History of photography 1956- 1975 By Ashley1365 Jan 1, 1960 EG&G develops the first extreme depth underwater camera for the US Navy Jan 1, 1962 National Geographic publishes its first all color issue Jan 1, 1963 Land introduced the Polaroid color camera. Color photographs were developed in 50 seconds. Jan 1, 1963 Kodak Instamatic 50 released Aug 23, 1966 The first view of Earth from the moon was taken by Lunar Orbiter Sep 14, 1966 Larry Burrows - first important photographer to photograph an entire war in color Jul 20, 1969 First man landed on the moon Jan 1, 1970 Nicholas Nixon takes his first annual photograph of his wife and her sisters: "The Brown Sisters" Sep 16, 1973 Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera.