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First surviving permanent photo
Nicéphore Niépce takes the first surviving permanent photograph -
First Surviving Photo
Nicéphore Niépce takes the first surviving permanent photograph -
Invention of the daguerreotype
Invention of the daguerreotype by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre is announced in Paris -
Invention of the daguerreotype
Invention of the daguerreotype by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre is announced in Paris -
William Henry Fox Talbot publishes his photographic process in “Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing”
Talbot made impressions of items by putting them on paper sharpened with sodium chloride and silver nitrate. He called them "photogenic illustrations". -
William Henry Fox Talbot introduces the calotype
The calotype procedure significantly expanded the photographic affectability of the negative and diminished the necessary exposure time in the camera to seconds. -
First War photographer
Felice Beato, one of the first war photographers and photojournalists, arrives in Yokohama, Japan -
Fast Shutter
Eadweard Muybridge develops a fast shutter and starts to work on human and animal locomotion studies. -
Alphonse Bertillon invents the modern mug shot
French criminologist and anthropologist Alphonse Bertillon invents the modern mug shot. That is still used to this day. -
First Panoramic camera
Alta-Vista introduces the first mass-produced American panoramic camera, and in 1899 Kodak releases the Panoram. These cameras can take panoramic photos without a tripod. -
The Kodak "Brownie" is released
A standout amongst the most well known cameras of the twentieth century, the simple easy-to-use, inexpensive Kodak Brownie enormously extended the beginner advertise for photography, prompting ages of snapshooters, who frequently arranged their photos into collections. -
First Colour photos
Eastman Kodak introduces Kodachrome, the first colour transparency film. -
Photography is established in an art museum
New York's Museum of Modern Art establishes the first department of photography in an art museum and names Beaumont Newell director. -
National Geographic publish an all colour issue
National Geographic, an early pioneer of printed color photographs, becomes the first major American periodical to publish an issue with all colour photographs -
First Digital Camera
Steven Sasson, a young engineer at Eastman Kodak, invents digital photography and makes the first digital camera -
Camera phone is introduced
The Camera on a phone is introduced, and is available to the public. -
Kodak ceases production of film cameras
Kodak stops all production of film cameras.
