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Thomas Wedgwood and Humphry Davy
Thomas Wedgwood and Humphry Davy came together to create the first chemical photography, but ultimately failed because they could not stop images from darkening from light exposure. The images ended up only being in the dark, or turning completely black. -
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce used lithography led to create the first long lasting image made in a camera. -
The Camera Obscura
This was the first camera to be able to create a permanent photo. The photo was taken over long exposure. -
First Landscape Photo
Niépce makes what is now the earliest surviving photograph from nature. The exposure time was over the course of 8 hours at least. -
William Henry Fox Talbot
Talbot discovered adding a second coating of salt to an image done in silver nitrate would prevent further darkening of an image. He also discovered photographic drawing by using light on with objects on a piece of the paper leaving outlines of the objects. -
The Origin of the Word Photography
Hércules Florence, the isolate inventor of photography in Brazil, coined the word photographie for his technique, at least four years before John Herschel coined the English word photography. -
Daguerreotype Camera
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process. It was named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Photos were taken on a silvered copper plate. -
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
In 1839, Daguerre was the first to use a silver sheeted plate of copper to capture images on. He used iodine vapors, mercury fumes and salt water. These were detailed images for photography in this time period. -
First Female Taken Photo
Sarah Anne Bright creates a series of photograms, six of which are known to still exist. These are the earliest surviving photographic images created by a woman. -
The Calotype
An early photographic process invented by William Henry Fox Talbot.He used paper coated with silver chloride and exposed it to light in a camera obscura. The areas where the light hit became dark in tone, giving a negative image. This could be developed in 1 minute compared to the previous 1 hour. -
The Calotype
The calotype was an early photographic process which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide. It was invented by Fox Talbot. It was an alternative to the Daguerreotype and was easier to use. -
Negative/Positive
3 weeks after the Daguerreotype was released, Fox Talbot created a process to use light sensitive paper instead of copper plates to photograph on. Short term exposure would create a negative that could be turned into several prints. -
First War Image
The first war photographer, although their name is unknown, was an American. It is believed they fought in the Mexican war in 1847 and 1848. These were taken using the technique daguerreotype. -
First Full Color Photography
Edmond Becquerel created the first full-color photographs with exposure lasting hours or days. The colors were so light-sensitive that they sometimes faded right before the viewer's eyes while being examined. -
The Wet-Collodion Process
Creating a wet plate involved adding a soluble iodide to a solution of cellulose nitrate and coating a glass plate with the mixture in a dark room.This technique was invented by Frederick Scott Archer. -
The First Durable Color Photograph
James Clerk Maxwell created an additive color image of a multicolored ribbon, the first demonstration of color photography. This was done by taking a black and white image and projecting it through colored filters. -
Dry Plates
A dry plate was a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatin based mixture. This was an improvement from the earlier wet plate. You could store the dry plate until needed. -
First Animated Photography
Muybridge used high-speed photography to make the first animated image. He took multiple images and put them together in a way that added motion. -
Flexible Roll Film
Film that was able to roll up and become compact. This lead to having more space for images on the film. Peter Houston invented the first roll film camera. -
Roundhay Garden Scene
Louis Le Prince makes Roundhay Garden Scene. This was said to be the first motion picture on film. -
The Cinématographe
Auguste and Louis Lumière invent the cinématographe. It was a motion picture camera that also worked as a film projector and a printer. -
Autochrome
Autochrome was first patented by the Lumière brothers in France. This process made colored photos possible. This was the top color photography process in use before subtractive color film. -
First 35mm camera created
The first 35mm camera created cost $175. It became a widely known camera type because of its portability and easy handling. -
The Polaroid Revolution
The Polaroid became the first 1 step instant camera. The first camera was the Polaroid SX-70.
