History of The Camera

11th century: the pinhole camera 1839: In 1839, Louis Daguerre, 1885: George Eastman began to
which can be traced back to the created a practical photographic produce and manufacture paper
Middle Ages. process with a daguerreotype. film.

19th century: The first permanent 1878: the discovery of the gelatin dry
photograph of a camera image plate by Richard Maddox

In 1900, Eastman took mass- 1948: Edwin Land invented the 1991: Kodak released the first
market photography one step Polaroid camera professional digital camera.
further with the Brownie
1913: Oskar Barnack, who 1981: Sony demonstrates
was in charge of research and the Sony Mavica – the
development at Leitz, decided world’s first digital
to investigate using 35 mm electronic still camera
cine film
The man responsible for the discovery that led
to the first permanent photograph is Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce. That discovery was the use
of the material known as “Bitumen of Judea”

What discovery made the first

permanent photograph possible?

Niepce used a portable camera obscura to

expose a pewter plate coated with bitumen to
light. This is the first recorded image that did
not fade quickly.