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Period: Jan 1, 801 to Dec 31, 900
Al Hazen
Camera Obscura- single box/dark room with a single hole that let the light through -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
Leonardo Di Vinc
Introduced 3D scenes to show perspective -
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John Heinrick Schultz 1724
Expose silver compound to light that altered their appearance that left a mark wherever the light touched -
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1839 Photography was born
People figured out how to project onto light sensitive surfaces that could retain an image after exposure -
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Louis Daguerre
Invented the daguerreotype which used a silvered plate which produced a sharper image. It could only produce positive images so copies had to be re taken -
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Henry Fox Talbot
A British scientist whose calotype process used paper which allowed many copies to be made from a single negative -
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George Eastman
Discovered plastic roll film that could fit in inexpensive cameras. -
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Present
Today it is now estimated that over 380 billion photos are taken each year