The History of Photography PDF

THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 400 BC – 1040 AD CAMERA OBSCURA Light passing through a hole is projected upside down First historical mentions of Mozi, Aristotle, Alhazen 400 BC – 1040 AD CAMERA OBSCURA: HISTORICAL MENTIONS MOZI ARISTOTLE ALHAZEN 1490 CAMERA OBSCURA Leonardo Da...

THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 400 BC – 1040 AD CAMERA OBSCURA Light passing through a hole is projected upside down First historical mentions of Mozi, Aristotle, Alhazen 400 BC – 1040 AD CAMERA OBSCURA: HISTORICAL MENTIONS MOZI ARISTOTLE ALHAZEN 1490 CAMERA OBSCURA Leonardo Da Vinci records a detailed description of camera obscura and uses to trace objects.  1700 CAMERA OBSCURA: ACCOUNTS OF USE REMBRANDT VERMEER CARAVAGGIO  1724 SILVER NITRATE Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that substances mix with silver nitrate react to light but images fade soon after. JOHANN HEINRICH SCHULZE SILVER NITRATE  1826 HELIOGRAPHY The worlds first photograph was taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in France using heliography. a view from the window at Le Gras JOSEPH NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE  1833 DAGUERREO TYPE Louis Dagguerre invented the first practical photographic process. LOUIS DAGGUERRE DAGGUERREOTYPE CAMERA  1839 DAGUERREO TYPE The French government buys and declares Dagguerreotype free to the world First photo of human was produced Exposure took around 7 minutes First photo with sole  1839 FIRST SELFIE Robert Cornelius took the first world’s selfie  1840 CALOTYPE Process based on negative that allows paper copies to be made. Henry Fox Talbot charge license fees for calotype but did not succeed. HENRY FOX TALBOT Latticed Window, Laock Abbey (1835)  1840 CYANOTYPE Sir John Herschel coined the word Photography: drawing with light Greek Word Fos - Photos - Light Grafo - Graphe - Drawing SIR JOHN HERSCHEL CYANOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH 1850 MOBILE PHOTO STUDIO photos develop on-site exposure time becomes lesser 1861 FIRST ALTERED PHOTOGRAPH The head of Abraham Lincoln was placed on a noble man’s body. 1861 FIRST COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BOW 1871 GELATIN DRY PLATE smaller camera and no tripods are necessary. GELATIN DRY PLATE RICHARD LEACH MADDOX GELATIN DRY PLATE CAMERA 1878 FIRST PHOTO SEQUENCE EDWARD MUYBRIDGE 12 CAMERA WITH WIRE TRIGGERS IN THE PATH OF GALLOPING HORSE  1885 KODAK FIRST KODAK LOGO ROLL FILM – THE FIRST HANDHELD CAMERA GEORGE EASTMAN "You press the button, we do the rest." 1888 KODAK GOES ON SALE 2004: Kodak switches to digital 2012: Kodak files for bankruptcy 1900 BROWNIE & SNAP SHOT an affordable box camera that introduces the concept of the snapshot 1925 OSKAR BARNACK & THE 35MM LEICA I 1949 FIRST SINGLE LENSE REFLECT CAMERA 1957 FIRST DIGITAL IMAGE 1975 FIRST DIGITAL IMAGE STEVE SASSON 1990 DIGITAL REVOLUTION BEGINS 2000 FIRST MOBILE PHONE WITH CAMERA NOW SMART PHONES REFERENCES Tolmachev, I. (2023) A Brief History of Photography: The Beginning. Retrieved from https://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-history-of-photography-part-1-the- beginning--photo-1908 Masoner, L. (2023). A Brief History of Photography and the Camera. Retrieved from https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 Grunderberg, A. (2024). History of photography. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/technology/photography