A brief history of photography
- 4th century BCE: Chinese invented the camera obscura (a darkened room with a hole in the drapes that projects an image of the outside world onto a distant wall).
- Late 1700s: Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805) and Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), two English scientists, carried out early experiments trying to record images on light-sensitive paper. Their photos were not permanent: they turned black unless permanently stored in a dark place.
- 1827: French Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) made the world's first photographs. His method was no good for taking portraits of people because the camera shutter had to be left open for eight hours.
- 1839: French opera-house scene painter Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) announced the invention of photos on silver plates that became known as daguerreotypes.
- 1839: William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) invented the photographic negative process.
- 1851: British artist and photographer Frederick Scott Archer (1813-1857) invented a way of taking pin-sharp photos onto wet glass plates.
- 1870s: British physician Dr Richard Maddox (1816-1902) developed a way of taking photos using dry plates and gelatin.
- 1883: American inventor George Eastman (1854-1932) invented the modern photographic film.
- 1888: George Eastman launched his easy-to-use Kodak camera. His slogan was: "You push the button and we do the rest."
- 1947: Edwin Land (1909-1991) invented the instant polaroid camera.
- 1963: Edwin Land invented the color polaroid camera.
- 1990s: Digital cameras started to become popular, gradually making film cameras obsolete.
- 2000s: Advanced cellphones with built-in digital cameras began to make standalone digital cameras redundant for everyday snapshot photography.
Via explainthatstuff
