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History of Photojournalism

By tayissab

  • 1826

    1826
    Joseph Nicephore Niepce takes first fixed photograph of nature.

  • 1839

    1839
    William Fox Talbot invents photogenic drawing: the first positive/negative process.

  • 1861

    1861
    The first colour photograph is shown by James Clerk Maxwell

  • 1878

    1878
    Eadweard Muybridge makes a high-speed photogenic demonstration using a trip wire system

  • 1888

    1888
    Kodak no. 1 is introduced as the first mass marketed easy to use camera.

  • 1907

    1907
    The first colour photography process is marketed; Autochrome Lumiere

  • 1909

    1909
    Kodak introduces 35mm acetate film to replace highly flammable nitrate film used for motion pictures.

  • 1925

    1925
    The Leica introduces 35mm to still photography

  • 1957

    1957
    Asahi Pentrax introduces first single Lens Reflex (SRL) Camera.

  • 1986

    1986
    Kodak invents first megapixel sensor

  • 1991

    1991
    Kodak releases first fully digital SLR camera the DCS-100

  • 2000

    2000
    J-SH04 introduced by J-Phone is the first mobile phone equipped with a point and shoot camera.