History of

photography

By: Ben King

Earliest Known
Photograph

● 1826 or 1827
● Image of the Niepce estate in france
Calotype

● 1830
● William Henry Fox Talbot
● a sheet of paper coated with silver
chloride was exposed to light in a
camera obscura
● those areas hit by light became dark
in tone, yielding a negative image.
Origins of the term
“photography”

● 1836 made the word Photography the

action of taking pictures.
● Created from Greek roots (photos, phos,
and graphe)
● Translated to “drawing with light”
Color Photography

● 1851
● The man who created it didn't release the
process until 1856
● Levi Hill invented it
● Gabriel lippmann won a Nobel prize for
advancements
Wet Collodion Process

● 1851
● Invented by Frederick scott Archer
● long , tough process
● Valued for the detail and clarity
Dry plate photography

● 1871
● glass plate coated with a gelatin
emulsion of silver bromide
● Was a big advantage over the wet
collodion process
Kodak roll film camera

● 1888
● Original kodak camera
● Introduced by George Eastman
● $25 with a roll of film
Kodachrome Film

● Introduced in 1935
● Invented by John Capstaff
● First Kodak product
 Daguerreotype

● Most popular in 1939-1960

● Named after the inventor who was Louis
Jacques Mandé Daguerre
● An image on a silvered copper plate
● Accurate, detailed, and sharp
● fragile
Polaroid Instant
Photography
● 1948-first instant camera
● Creates the photo instantly
● Use instant roll film
First Digital Camera

● 1975
● Created by Steve Sasson at Eastman Kodak
● Also needed a few devices to play back the
images
Most modern camera

● Fully digital
● Tons of features
● Interchangeable lenses
● Different sensors
● Tons of options and debate
Sources

● Administrator. “Daguerreobase.” Daguerreobase - What Is a Daguerreotype?,

www.daguerreobase.org/en/knowledge-base/what-is-a-daguerreotype.
● Suddath, Claire. “Kodachrome.” Time, Time Inc., 23 June 2009,
content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1906503,00.html.
● Lomographymagazine. “Lomography - Timeline: A Quick History of Instant Photography.” · Lomography,
Lomography, 3 Oct. 2018, www.lomography.com/magazine/322573-instant-photography-timeline.
● “A Brief History of Color Photography, From Dream to Reality.” PetaPixel, 12 Oct. 2015,
petapixel.com/2015/10/11/a-brief-history-of-color-photography-from-dream-to-reality/.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Wet-Collodion Process.” Encyclopædia Britannica,
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 18 Oct. 2013, www.britannica.com/technology/wet-collodion-process.
● “The World's First Digital Camera by Kodak and Steve Sasson.” PetaPixel, 5 Aug. 2010,
petapixel.com/2010/08/05/the-worlds-first-digital-camera-by-kodak-and-steve-sasson/.
More sources

● “Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin.” Harry Ransom Center,

www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/firstphotograph/.
● “Photograph (n.).” Index, www.etymonline.com/word/photograph.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Dry Plate.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 July 2010,
www.britannica.com/technology/dry-plate.
● Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Calotype.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 9 Feb. 2018,
www.britannica.com/technology/calotype.