History of Photography Timeline by D'ANGELO FILLMORE-RAMIREZ

1664

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Sir Issac Newton's experiments with white light began to come to fruition when he discovered that white light is actually composed of different colors refracting that light off of a prism

1666

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White lights composition of multiple colours is discovered by Isaac Newton

1727

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German scientist Johann Heinrich Schulze conducted the first experiments with photo-sensitive chemicals in 1727

1794

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First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker.

1814

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Joseph Niepce achives first photographic image using an early device for projecting real-life imagery called a camera obscura. However, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded

1837

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Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype an image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure. This was a significant breakthrough on the history of photography timeline.

1840

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First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

1841

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William Henry Talbot patents the calotype process, the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

1843

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The first advertisement with a photograph is published in Philadelphia.

1851

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Frederick Scott Archer invented the collodion process so that images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.

1859

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Panoramic camera, called the Sutton, is patented.

1861

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Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer

1865

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Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright law.

1871

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Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process, which means negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.

1880

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Eastman Dry Plate Company is founded.

1884

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George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.

1888

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Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.

1898

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Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.

1900

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First mass-marketed camera, called the Brownie, goes on sale

1913/1914

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First 35mm still camera is developed.

1927

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General Electric invents the modern flash bulb.

1932

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First light meter with photoelectric cell is introduced

1935

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Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film

1941

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Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film.

1942

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Chester Carlson receives a patent for electric photography - xerography

1948

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Edwin Land launches and markets the polaroid camera

1954

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Eastman Kodak introduces high-speed Tri-X film.

1960

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EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.

1963

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Polaroid introduces the instant color film, a landmark moment on the history of photography timeline.

1968

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Photograph of the Earth is taken from the moon. The photograph, Earthrise, is considered one of the most influential environmental photographs ever taken.

1973

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Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera

1977

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Pioneers George Eastman and Edwin Land are inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

1978

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Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot autofocus camera.

1980

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Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder for capturing moving picture.

1984

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Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera

1985

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Pixar introduces the digital imaging processor.

1990

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Eastman Kodak announces Photo Compact Disc as a digital image storage medium.

1999

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Kyocera Corporation introduces the VP-210 VisualPhone, the world's first mobile phone with built-in camera for recording videos and still photos.