1. Who – And What - Started It All
Photographic history
Who – And What - Started It All

2. What Is Photography?
Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating pictures by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or electronic image sensors
Term coined by Sir John Herschel
English mathematician, astronomer, chemist and inventor
Derived from Greek “photo” (“light” ) and “graphein” (“to draw”)

3. First heliograph, created in 1825 by Niepce

4. Nicephore Niepce First successful photo taken by Niepce in 1826
Took eight hours to expose
Shows view from upstairs window in Niepce’s estate, Le Gras
Titled “View From the Window at Le Gras”

5. See how he did it on the next slide.
1826
First photo taken from nature, by Niepce in It took eight hours! Look at the sunlight on both sides of the buildings. Why is there sunlight on both sides?
See how he did it on the next slide.

7. 1839
Henry fox talbot
Developed “calotype” process of negative exposure
Also called the “Talbotype”
Paper soaked in dried salt, then brushed with silver nitrate
Creates a sepia look
John Moffat (1864)
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8. 1840
Louis daguerre
Image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate
Exposure time
Between seconds
Better than Niepce’s eight hours!
It saved people from having to sit REALLY still

9. Because if you didn’t sit still, you might end up like this guy…

10. The first Daguerrotype, taken in 1837

11. The first photo taken of a person, taken in Paris
1838
The first photo taken of a person, taken in Paris

13. 1850 Carol szathmari World’s first combat photographer
Photos of Crimean War published throughout Europe
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14. 1861 Matthew brady Best known for Civil War photography
Pioneered “mobile darkrooms” so assistants could shoot and edit on the battlefield
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15. Add a little color to your life!

16. Remember this guy? In addition to winking at you, he also shows you an example of hand-coloring

17. 1861 James Clerk Maxwell Color pioneer Took three exposures
Red, green and blue filters
Projected with three different filters
Worked, but was a pain
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18. Maxwell’s work mirrored the rear projection TV of the 1970s
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19. First color photograph taken with Maxwell’s three-color method, shot by Thomas Sutton. This is a tartan ribbon.

20. 1907 Lumiere Brothers First color process that worked
Autochrome plate first sold in 1907
Plate covered in tiny RGB potato starch grains
Light passes through to create full color
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21. The Autochrome process uses RGB potato starch grains to create full color photographs
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23. Disney loved these guys so much that they honored them with…

25. 1888 George Eastman Patented roll film
Helped motion picture industry
Did not invent it!
Founder of largest photography company in the world…

27. 1900
George Eastman
Wanted to expand photography beyond the professional
Perfected the Brownie camera
Small and inexpensive
Popular among teenagers and WWI soldiers

28. Open note quiz tomorrow