assignment 8

History of photography

By Lindsay Antoine

A camera is a means of visual communication and expression. The use of photographic film was established by George Eastman, who started manufacturing paper film in 1885 before switching to celluloid in 1888-1889. His first camera, which he called the "Kodak," was first offered for sale In 1888.

The first photo was taken in 1826 by Nicephore Niepce. He was born in Born in 1765 in Chalon-sur-Saone, France. Niepce developed an interest in science when he began working with his brother,on some experiments. In 1793, the brothers had talked about the possibility of using light to reproduce images. The Polaroid Land camera  was produced between 1947 and 1983 and is a self-developing type camera. The Polaroid Land Camera  was the first to be  available. It produced prints in 1 minute. It was first available to the public in 1948.

The first color photo

The firs color picture was taken by  James Clerk Maxwell. Thomas Sutton was the man who pressed the button, but Maxwell is credited with the scientific process that made it possible. For those having trouble identifying the image, it is a three-color bow.

The first ever picture to have a human in it was Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre taken in 1839. The exposure lasted for only 10 minutes at the time, so it was barely possible for the camera to capture a man on the busy street, however it did capture a man who had his shoes polished for long enough to appear in the photo.

When photography first came along not many people were willing to give it a chance. A few people were creative and took pictures in different ways. Those few people revolutionized the way the photos were taken, seen, judged and perceived.

Some names of photographers

Alfred Stieglitz

Stieglitz set up lots of  exhibitions where his photos were judged by some other photographers. back then the photos were mostly judged by painters as photographers were seen as rather scientists. Stieglitz also promoted photography through newly established journals such "Camera Notes" and "Camera Work".

Felix Nadar

Felix Nadar was a French caricaturist, journalist and became a photographer. He is most famous for pioneering the use of artificial lightning in photography. Nadar was credited for having published the first ever photo interview in 1886.

Photography is the science, art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.