EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Aristotle

Invented the first Pinhole Camera, later known as Camera Obscura.

Camera Obscura

An Italian term meaning "darkroom chamber."

Alhazen

Cast an upside-down picture of a scene and is credited with making the camera.

Jean Baptiste Forta

Introduced the lens in photography.

Johann Heinrich Schulze

Discovered that silver nitrate turns purple when exposed to light.

Thomas Wedgewood

First person to think of creating permanent pictures using light-sensitive materials.

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Experimented with lithography and produced the first photograph called Heliography.

Points de Vue

Smart images made by the Camera Obscura with over eight hours of exposure.

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Introduced the Daguerreotype, the first practical photographic process.

Daguerreotype Process

Steps include clipping, polishing, sensitization, exposure, development, fixing, gilding, and sealing.

Mathew B Brady

Preserved scenes of the American Civil War using a camera.

William Henry Fox Talbot

Known as the Father of Modern Photography; invented the Calotype.

Calotype

Produces a negative picture on paper, recording light and dark inversely.

John F. W. Herschel

Coined the term "photography" and invented the cyanotype process.

Frederick Scott Archer

Pioneered the Wet Collodion Process in photography.

Sir Isaac Newton

Proved that white light is the strongest light and studied light refraction.

Richard Leach Maddox

Introduced plate gelatin and was prominent in photomicrography.

Nadar

Took the first aerial photographs from a balloon in 1858.

George Eastman

Introduced roll film for portable cameras.

Wilhelm Roentgen

Discovered X-ray photography.

James Clark Maxwell

Discovered the wavelength structure of light after extensive research.

Edwin H. Land

Introduced Polaroid photography, allowing one-step photo development.

Steven Sasson

Invented the digital camera.

1800

Thomas Wedgewood and Humphrey Davy produced photograms.

1839

The science of photography became public knowledge.

1850

Photography began to be used as an art form.

1835

Colored films and sensitized materials were sold in the market.

1859

First legal application of photography.

1890

Introduction of fully corrected lenses.

1906

A plate was marketed that could reproduce all colors in shades of gray.

1907

Lumiere color process and panchromatic film were introduced.

1935

Introduction of color processes and electronic flash.

1960

Lasers made holograms possible, creating 3D images.

1970

Colored photography became an artistic medium.

1981

Sony released the first consumer camera, not fully digital.

1988

Arrival of true digital cameras.

1990

Kodak unveiled the DCS 100, the first commercially available digital camera.