Zbeauty

the History of Photography

By Aeau

  • Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of colours

    Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of colours
    Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian.

  • Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura

    Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura
    The image required eight hours of light exposure, than faded later.

  • Louis Daguerre's first Daguerreotype

    Louis Daguerre's first Daguerreotype
    This was the first image that was fixed, did not fade, and needed under less than thrity minutes of light exposure.

  • First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

    First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
    Wolcott was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine and a member of the Algonquin Round Table.

  • William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process

    William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process
    This was the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

  • Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process

    Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process
    Images required only two or three seconds of light exposure

  • Panoramic camera patented

    Panoramic camera patented
    The 'Sutton' was patentd as the first Panoramic Camera.