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Wedgewood and Davy
These men were able to produce an image using silver nitrate. However, if the image was exposed to too much light it would not stay. -
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
The first man to make a lasting photo. Up until this point photos could not last. Niepces' photos could last even when exposed to light. His photos, although took many hours to make and low quality were direct positives. -
Henry Fox-Talbot
Fox-Talbot made images with "mousetrap" like boxes on light sensitive paper and called his images Calotypes, he did not release his discoveries until 1839. -
Luis-Jacques Mande Daguerre
Daguerre released his formula for making images to the government so that people could make them on their own without any patent restrictions. -
Photography reaches the US
Around the time patents are made in Britain, the news of these inventions have started to circulate around the US -
Photos in science
Anna Atkins published a biology book using photos of British Algae, this is arguably the first book including photos. -
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Hill and Adamson
Two men created a project photographing the men and women of Newhaven, creating a social documentary from photography. -
Photos in art
Fox Talbot Publishes the first book using silver gelatin photographs. While Daguerre took a backseat in the development of photography, Fox Talbot was eager to revolutionize a new form of art. -
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Crimean War
The Mexican-American war was the first war to be photographed, primarily by Roger Fenton, who was backed by a publisher. -
The Two Ways of Life created
Oscar Rejlander created a tableaux vivant that greatly demonstrated what creativity could be brought to photography and was exhibited at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. -
stereo photography
Stereoscopic images had a 3D effect by placing two simular images in front of two lenses. Not unlike 3D images are made today by placing two cameras on a subject at slightly different angles. The idea of putting two images together in this way was thought of long before the idea of photography, but became popular around this time. -
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Photos of the Civil War come out
Many photos were taken of the war, namely portraits of soldiers for their family members, dead bodies and battlefields. The graphic pictures sold well in america but also condured up great controversy. They depicted a more accurate representation of war, but were suggested not to be seen by women and children. -
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
Charles Darwin uses photos in his research studying human emotions. He hired photographer Oscar Rejander to make portraits of people smiling, laughing and frowning to use for his book. -
Invention of roll film
George Eastman patented the first film in roll form to prove practicable and made the Kodak Black camera that used the film. His invention and business plan allowed masses of people the ability to take pictures without needing the knowledge of how to develop them. -
Photos in police work
Police started a standardized process of taking mug shots for identification -
Photo‐Secession movement
Alfred Stieglitz starts a movement from people trying to make photos look like paintings, and let them look like photos.
