Imaging History

  • Joseph Niepce

    Joseph Niepce

    Achieves the first phtographic image with camera exposure.
  • Louis Daguerr makes the photograph more efficent

    Louis Daguerr makes the photograph more efficent

    The first image that did not fade and it needed under 30 minutes of light exposure.
  • First US patent

    First US patent

    This patent is issued to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
  • Making copies

    Making copies

    William Henry Talbot makes it possible to make multiple compies of one picture.
  • Faster pictures

    Faster pictures

    Images requries only two or three seconds of light exposure.
  • First film camera

    First film camera

    The Kodak roll-film camera was created.
  • Mass-marketed camera

    Mass-marketed camera

    The first mass-marketed camera, this camera was called the brownie.
  • Edwin Land

    Edwin Land

    Edwin Land markets the polaroid camera.
  • Color was introduces into photography

    Color was introduces into photography

    Polaroid introduces instant color film
  • People got a differnt view of of the Earth

    People got a differnt view of of the Earth

    A picture of the Earth from the moon was taken
  • People could now take pictures with their cell phones

    People could now take pictures with their cell phones

    The first mobile phone with a camera was created.