Timeline

  • Louis Daguerre's photographic process is presented in France

    Louis Daguerre's photographic process is presented in France

    In France, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre invents a method for obtaining pictures.
  • William Talbot introduces his photographic invention

    William Talbot introduces his photographic invention

    William Henry Fox Talbot formally presents to the Royal Society," The Application of Chemical Rays of Light to the Purpose of Pictorial Representation".
  • 1844 Landscape photography becomes prevalent

    1844 Landscape photography becomes prevalent

    Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat is one of the first photographers to capture a landscape scene through camera
  • 1850s The stereograph was introduced

    1850s The stereograph was introduced

    The stereograph was composed of two closely identical views from a slightly different angle of a camera.
  • 1864 Walter Woodbury develops Woodburytype

    1864 Walter Woodbury develops Woodburytype

    Woodburytype print provides a non chemical process made by mold which was able to be produces cheaper and in mass quantities.
  • 1872-87 Eadweard Muybridge Captures Motion my Camera

    1872-87 Eadweard Muybridge Captures Motion my Camera

    Muybridge successfully photographs movement of moving objects such as a horse, body movement and other activities.
  • 1873 Willam Willis and Alfred Clements create the Platinum Print

    1873 Willam Willis and Alfred Clements create the Platinum Print

    The platinum print is created involving brushstrokes and metal to create a photograph.
  • 1888 George Eastman develops dry gelatin roll film

    1888 George Eastman develops dry gelatin roll film

    Eastman was the first to make small inexpensive cameras
  • 1890 Documentary photography comes about

    1890 Documentary photography comes about

    photographers such as Arnold Genthe, Jacob Riis, Alfred Steiglitz made contributions to documentary photography
  • 1920 Modernist photography becomes prominent

    1920 Modernist photography becomes prominent

    this type of photography involved themes of economical, social and various experimentation to photographs
  • 1920 Modernism photography

    1920 Modernism photography

    Objects were mixed together to achieve a new enlightened meaning to the photograph