Photography | 1839 - 1960s AD

Until the 1880s, how were news stories illustrated?
photographs required the image to be re-enterpreted by an engraver before being published. 


What is a camera obscura?

Known to scholars and philosophers in the 4th century as a way to observe light. Means Dark Chamber.




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How did scholars and artists utilize the camera obscure?
As an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings onto a screen. The 13th century, it was used for the safe observation of solar eclipses and phases of the moon.

From where did the photographic camera develop?
From the portable box came the development of the photographic camera and the ability to accept a sheet of light sensitive material to capture the image or scene.

Who first used the term "photography"? Where was is derived from?



Sir john Hershel. Derived from the greek words for light and Writing.


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Who is credited with making the first successful photograph?
In the summer of 1827, Joseph Niepce was credited with making the first successful photograph.












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Who invented the Daguerreotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Daguerre was credited with creating the first practical photographic process in 1839. He exposed a light-sensitive metal sheet, which created a direct positive image. Exposure time was reduced to half an hour.
The Daguerreotype process was good, but expensive. It became and instant craze. There was a growing need for a means of duplicating an image, which could not be done with this process.  


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Who invented the Calotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
William Fox Talbot. The subject was exposed onto light-sensitive paper, producing a paper negative. The quality was inferior to the striking images produced by the Daguerreotype process. Talbot, made improvements by 1844, he was able to create a photographically illustrated book entitled "The Pencil of Nature." From the negative an unlimited amount of duplicates could e made. The calotype is the basis of our modern photographic process.


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Who invented the Wet Collodion process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Fredrick Scott Archer was credited with developing the Wet Collodion Process, or Wet Plate Process.
Glass Plates were used for the negative. This process reduced the exposure time to 2 or 3 seconds. As well, the cost was significantly less then the previous processes. Glass plates were coated with collodion, a colorless syrupy solution or nitrocellulose in ether. Plates had to be exposed and developed immediately, while the plates were still wet. Glass plates produced sharper images.


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Who invented the Dry Plate process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Richard Maddox made the first successful dry plate negative in 1871. Used gelatin instead of glass for the photographic plate. it is still the base of our film today.


Who is George Eastman? What company did he establish?


Remembered for making photography accessible to all. In 1884, Eastman invented roll film a photographic medium that replaced fragile glass plates with a photo-emulision coated on paper rolls. Kodak.


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In 1888, he produced a camera that use his flexible roll film. How did he make this camera/photography accessible to the public?
The camera owner could send in the camera with a minimal processing fee. The company would process the film, reload the camera and return it to the owner. In an effort to bring photography to the masses, eastman introduced the brownie an 1900 at the price of just $1.

What is Edwin Land best known for? What company did he establish?




Patenting polarized light filters in 1934 and his invention of instant photography in 1948. the polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937.


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How long did the first Polaroid camera take to produce a photo?
60 seconds.

What was Eadweard Muybridge known for?

An english photographer known for his work. Using multiple cameras to capture motion.


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What is the Zoopraxiscope?

This was a device used to project a series of images in successive phases of motion.


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How did Muybridge settle the debate and photograph a horse in motion?


In 1880s, the development of the motion picture camera allowed this?To capture a horse with a four of it's feet off the ground.


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What is a motion picture projector?
A picture projector to shine a light through the film and magnify the 'moving picture" onto a screen for n audience.