Photography History Timeline

  • First Photograph

    The first photo was taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the Burgundy region of France.
  • First Photograph of Person

    The first photo of a person was taken by Louis Daguerre
  • Foundation of Leica

    The first Leica was invented in Wetzlar, Germany.
  • Foundation of Kodak

    The first Kodak camera was invented in Rochester, New York.
  • Foundation of Canon

    The first Canon cameras were invented in Tokyo, Japan
  • Foundation of Polaroid

    Polaroid was invented in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1937
  • First Digital Camera Invented

    The first digital camera was made by Eastman Kodak in 1975
  • First Camera Phones

    The first camera phones were in use