History of the Photograph

1. History of Photograph
By Lucy Dacosta

2. Camera Obscures
The device consist of a box with a
hole in the side. Light goes through
the hole and hits a surface where a
colour picture is produced but upside
down. The picture can be projected
onto paper and then is traced for a
more accurate picutre.

3. First Photograph Ever Taken
The first ever photo taken was took by
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. He
took the photo with a camera obscure
and the picture is of the view from
outside of his upstairs window. He
called this type of photography
‘Heliography’. In 1829 Joseph produced
little more work and died.

4. John Herschel
John Herschel was an English
mathematician, astronomer,
chemist and made many
contributions to the world of
photography. He created the first
blueprint process so he could copy
his astronomy notes.

5. Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot was a
British inventor and photographer.
He started out making silhouettes
of leaves and plants but then he
discovered that there was an
image after a short exposure.
Although you could not see it very
clearly, he then chemically
develop it into a photo nega.tive

6. First Kodak
In 1888, George Eastman
invented dry, transparent, and
flexible, photographic film (or
rolled photography film) and
the Kodak cameras that could
use the new film.
George Eastman was an avid
photographer and became
the founder of the Eastman
Kodak company.

7. First 35mm Camera
Oskar Barnack created the
first 35mm camera in
1913. He created the
camera so you could take
high quality pictures in a
compact camera.