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Invention of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotypes were initially invented in August of 1839. This uses a direct-positive process looking into camera obscura. It was one of the first processes of the new era. -
Calotype
The calotype was a positive-negative process that was invented by William Henry Fox Talbot. Another name this process was called by was Talbotype. This process in particular changed the view of the new era giving photography a new look persay. -
Cyanotype
This process is one of the oldest processes developed by Sir John Herschel. Cyanotype's treated paper with light-sensitive tron salts. -
Pigment Process
The pigment process was made to control the overall appearance of the final photography. It helped bring out certain tones and details. -
Discovery of the Wet-Collodion Process
Frederick Scott Archer was the one who discovered the wet-collodion process. Wet-Collodion used soluble iodide in a mixture of cellulose nitrate and coated a glass plate. This specific process was one of the most easiest processes. -
Dry Plate Process
The dry plate process, created in 1871, used a glass plate coated with a gelatin emulsion and then exposed to light. This process was considered one of the more revolutionary processes. -
The Platinum Print Process
Developed in 1873, the print was absorbed into paper using chemicals to develop it. (Picture shown: Alfred Stieglitz, Sunlight Effect, Gutach, 1894, printed 1895–1896, platinum print mounted on laid paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.174) -
Postmodernism
A change/curve for the current era of photography to a new one. While keeping the old techniques/processes photography and art changed. Keeping the elements and apply to new ideas. Postmodernism started in the 1970s.