the history of photography

Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.

Period: Feb 27, 1644 to May 30, 1666

Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.

Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors

Mar 27, 1664

Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors

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

Jun 30, 1727

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

Mar 30, 1794

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

Mar 30, 1814

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

Mar 30, 1837

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

Mar 30, 1840

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

Mar 30, 1841

First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia

Mar 30, 1843

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

Mar 30, 1851

Panoramic camera patented - the Sutton

Mar 30, 1859

Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer

Mar 30, 1861

Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright

Mar 30, 1861

Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright

Mar 30, 1865

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

Mar 30, 1871

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

Mar 30, 1871

Eastman Dry Plate Company founded

Mar 30, 1880

George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.

Mar 30, 1884

Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.

Mar 30, 1888

Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.

Mar 30, 1898

First mass-marketed camera—the Brownie

Mar 30, 1900

First 35mm still camera developed.

Period: Mar 30, 1913 to Mar 30, 1914

General Electric invents the modern flash bulb

Mar 30, 1927

First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced

Mar 30, 1932

Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film.

Mar 30, 1935

Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film

Mar 30, 1941

Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography (xerography).

Mar 30, 1942

Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera.

Mar 30, 1948

Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film

Mar 30, 1954

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

Mar 30, 1960

Polaroid introduces instant color film

Mar 30, 1963

Photograph of the Earth from the moon.

Mar 30, 1968

Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera

Mar 30, 1973

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

Mar 30, 1977

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

Mar 30, 1978

Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder.

Mar 30, 1980

Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera.

Mar 30, 1984

Pixar introduces digital imaging processor.

Mar 30, 1985

Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium

Mar 30, 1990