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  2. history of photography, method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the 1830s.

  3. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light [2]. There are no artifacts or descriptions that indicate any attempt to capture images with light sensitive materials prior to ...

  4. Aug 17, 2024 · Several important achievements and milestones dating back to the ancient Greeks have contributed to the development of cameras and photography. Here is a brief history of photography timeline, covering the various breakthroughs with a description of their importance.

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  5. Apr 16, 2015 · From an ancient optical apparatus to the advent of color film, learn the stories behind eight of the most important steps in the development of photography

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    • Before Photography. The first "cameras" were used not to create images but to study optics. The Arab scholar Ibn Al-Haytham (945–1040), also known as Alhazen, is generally credited as being the first person to study how we see.
    • The First Photographers. On a summer day in 1827, French scientist Joseph Nicephore Niepce developed the first photographic image with a camera obscura.
    • Negative to Positive Process. The drawback to daguerreotypes is that they cannot be reproduced; each one is a unique image. The ability to create multiple prints came about thanks to the work of Henry Fox Talbot, an English botanist, mathematician and a contemporary of Daguerre.
    • Other Early Processes. By the mid-1800s, scientists and photographers were experimenting with new ways to take and process pictures that were more efficient.
  6. Oct 9, 2023 · When did photography start? Who invented photography? And what are some of the major turning points in photography history? Photography is a dynamic art form that has, for over two centuries, evolved to capture some of the most breathtaking and historically-defining moments in history.

  7. History of photography - Developments, Art, Science: At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most influential Pictorialist groups was the Photo-Secession, founded in New York City in 1902 by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

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