Photography Throughout The Years

Issac Newton

Jun 1, 1664

Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors

Johann Heinrich Schulze

Jun 11, 1727

Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.

Robert Barker

Jun 11, 1794

First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker.

Joseph Niepce

Jun 11, 1814

Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded.

Louis Daguerre

Jun 11, 1837

Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype - the first image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure.

Alexander Wolcott

Jun 11, 1840

First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

William Henry Talbot

Jun 11, 1841

William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process - the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

Advertisment

Jun 11, 1843

First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia.

Collodion Process

Jun 11, 1851

Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process - images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.

Stereoscope Viewer

Jun 11, 1861

Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.

Protecting Works

Jun 11, 1865

Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright.

Gelatin Dry Plate Silver Bromide Process

Jun 11, 1871

Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.

Eastman Dry Plate Company

Jun 11, 1880

Eastman Dry Plate Company founded by George Eastman. This company is still know today under the name "Kodak".

Photographic Film

Jun 11, 1884

George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.

General Electric

Jun 12, 1927

General Electric invents the modern flash bulb.

Photoelectric

Jun 12, 1932

First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced.

Polaroid Camera

Jun 12, 1948

Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera.

Tri-X film

Jun 12, 1954

Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film.

Underwater

Jun 12, 1960

EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.

Instant Color Film

Jun 12, 1963

Polaroid introduces instant color film.

Space Photos

Jun 12, 1968

First photograph of the Earth from the moon.

Hall of Fame

Jun 12, 1977

George Eastman and Edwin Land inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Point-and-Shoot

Jun 13, 1978

Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera.

Camcorder

Jun 13, 1980

Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder.

Still Camera

Jun 13, 1984

Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera.

Image Processors

Jun 13, 1985

Pixar introduces digital imaging processor.

Image Storage

Jun 13, 1990

Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium.