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the first historical mention by philosophers Mozi, Aristotle, Alhazeb
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Evidences of artists use (Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio)
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Johann Heinrich Schulze discovers silver nitrate reacts with light
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Joseph Nicéphore takes the first photograph. The exposure lasted for days.
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Louis Daguerre creates the first practical photographic process
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The French government buys the Daguerreotype and makes it free to be used by anyone
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With an exposure of 7-10 min, Louis Daguerre could photograph a human who was standing still for that length of time having his shoes polished
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Henry Fox Talbot creates the Calotype camera based on paper negative. However he puts copyright which reduces popularity due to price.
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Wagons are used to transport and be the studio. The exposure lasts around 3 min so people wouldn't smile. They would take medications, use adjustable head rests, clamps and posing stands.
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Abraham Lincoln has a photo of his head placed on a nobleman body
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first coloured photo
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Richard Leach Maddox created the gelatin dry plate, therefore smaller cameras and no tripod necessary
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George Eastman founder of Kodak invents the roll film. The first hand-held camera
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Pre loaded camera with a 100 exposures and needed to be sent back to the factory to be processed and reloaded.
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The camera introduces the concept of snap shot
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Oskar Barnack invented the first 35mm camera, which was mobile, light and small, enabling to capture any moment
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First SLR arrives.
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First scanned digital image
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First polaroid camera arrives
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Steve Sasson create the first digital camera
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First camera with Auto-focus function built-in
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DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) takes over photography
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First phone with built-in cameras are sold
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Kodak brings out its digital cameras to the market
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Kodak bankrupts and leaves the market.
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Nowadays, phones have incredible built-in cameras, which allow anyone to have access to photography worldwide. Access to photography has developed like never before.
