Intro to History of Photography Camera Obscura: The First Permanent Photo: The Daguerreotype: Four Facts about the Daguerreotype: Emulsion Plates: Four Facts about Emulsion Plates: Camera Obscura: “dark room" the natural optical phenomenon that occurs when an image of a scene at the other side of a screen is projected through a small hole in that screen as a reversed and inverted image on a surface opposite to the opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvzpu0Q9RTU The first permanent photo 1826 The idea of photography had been brewing for a few years, and a Frenchman named Nicephore Niepce used the photosensitivity of bitumen to produce the first permanent photo. He photographed a view of nature. A partnership 1829 Niepce joined forces with a man named Jacques Louis Mande Dauguerre. Together, they had a single goal—perfecting the photograph. 1839- The first practical process After ten years, Dauguerre produced the first practical photographic process. It was named the daguerreotype, and it used mirror-like images on a copper plate, and it was developed with mercury. https://petapixel.com/2013/04/27/photographer-films-beautiful-ode-to-the-process-of- developing-a-daguerreotype/ The Daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process (1839- 1860) in the history of photography. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique image on a silvered copper plate. 1855- Emulsion Plates Also called wet plates, were less expensive than daguerreotypes & required only 2 or 3 seconds of exposure time. This made them much more suited to portrait photographs, which was the most common use of photography at the time. Many photographs from the Civil War were produced on wet plates. Process was called the Collodion process. Two common types of emulsion plates were the ambrotype and the tintype. Ambrotypes used a glass plate instead of the copper plate of the daguerreotypes. Tintypes used a tin plate. While these plates were much more sensitive to light, they had to be developed quickly. Photographers needed to have chemistry on hand and many traveled in wagons that doubled as a darkroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAhPIUno1o Day 2 William Talbot: Four Facts about Paper Printing: Celluloid Film: Pictures in motion: The First color photograph: Photography through wire: 1841- William Talbot An Englishman named William Talbot, who had been working on photography for a few years, developed a new process using paper instead of copper plates. He developed the images using gallic acid. 1873- Celluloid film John Wesley Hyatt had been working on a new invention for several years. He finally patented it in 1873, and it was the celluloid film. Celluloid Film It is a strip of transparent plastic coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing small light- sensitive silver halide crystals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0Gam6m6bQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31OZgnCoAw 1877 Pictures in motion Eadweard Muybridge developed a shutter for his camera. This allowed him to photograph images in motion; up to that point the subject of a picture had to be still for long periods of time. That was the question that former California Governor and railroad tycoon Leland Stanford brought to Muybridge. He was convinced that the horse did get fully-airborne in his stride, and he wanted proof. The slow shutter speed of the current technology, as well as the inability to take photos in rapid succession, didn’t allow for photographing things in motion, so Muybridge worked with a system of triggers to take multiple photographs of the horse as it ran. Eastman Kodak The consumer would take pictures and send the camera back to the factory for the film to be developed and prints made, much like modern disposable cameras. This was the first camera inexpensive enough for the average person to afford. 1907-The first color camera Up until this point, photographs were in black and white. Auguste and Louis Lumiere introduced the Autochrome, the first color camera available to the public. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150131- pictures-autochrome-color-photography-history-people-culture/ Photograph through wires 1924 Using wires, AT&T sent a photograph across a distance. This opened the doors for the picture transmission of television. https://techchannel.att.com/play- video.cfm/2011/8/26/AT&T-Archives-Pictures-by- Wire Vocab Day 3 New developments(1925-1963): 1968: Digital Film: First Camera Phone: New developments(1925-1963) Edward Land revolutionized the industry with the invention of the Polaroid in 1948, the first instant-picture process. The new device utilized cutting-edge technology that made it possible to develop a photograph in less than a minute Eventually, Photocopying became possible, the zoom lens was 1968 Photograph of the Earth is taken from the moon. The photograph, Earthrise, is considered one of the most influential environmental photographs ever taken. Digital film In 1975 Kodak introduced a revolutionary development that would change the face of photography again. Storing pictures on a CD led to digital film including digital cameras, digital picture frames, and cameras on phones and tablets. It weight of around 8lbs & was powered by batteries https://www.diyphotography.net/worlds-first-digital-camera- introduced-man-invented/ First Camera Phone Invented in Japan in 1999. Kyocera Corporation introduces the VP-210 VisualPhone, the world's first mobile phone with built-in camera for recording videos and still photos. The phone could take up to 20 pictures before its onboard storage was full. It even had its own integrated stand so that users could take pictures of themselves. The price for the phone in Japan was 40,000 yen (~$325). To Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaGUL8B-BrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqE3X-iospE https://www.dpreview.com/news/1141638212/video-the-terrible-history-of-photographs.