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1664-1666
Isaac Newton discovers a white light composed of many different colors . -
1727
Johann Heinrich Schulze found out that silver darkened upon exposure to light -
1814
Joseph Niepce takes the first photographic image with camera obscura however ,the image did not last long because the picture needed 8 hours of light exposure . -
1837
Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype the first image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure. -
1843
First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia. -
1865
Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright -
1871
Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately. -
1880
George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film. -
1913/1914
First 35mm still camera developed. -
1927
General Electric invents the modern flash bulb. -
1935
Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film. -
1942
Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography xerography. -
1963
Polaroid introduces instant color film. -
1990
Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium.