History of photography By Lina Borrell Period: Feb 5, 1800 to Feb 5, 2014 History of photograph Feb 5, 1827 First photograph was taken to Niepce Feb 5, 1838 Daguerreotype Feb 5, 1841 Alphonse Poitevin invented colotype Feb 7, 1842 John Frederick William Herschel introduced cyanotype. Feb 7, 1888 George Eastman invented film Feb 8, 1888 First handheld camera Feb 8, 1923 35 mm camera Feb 7, 1924 First single-lens reflex camera Feb 8, 1935 Kodachrome film Feb 8, 1936 35 mm film for still cameras Feb 8, 1948 Polaroid camera Feb 8, 1958 Flashbulbs Feb 8, 1961 First photograph in colour Feb 8, 1969 Photograph of the first person on the moon Feb 8, 1975 Steven Sasson built the first electronic camera Feb 8, 1991 DSLR camera Feb 8, 2000 Mobile phone with digital camera