Timeline by Kinz Klatt

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Leonardo da Vinci publishes the first clear description of the camera obscura in Codex Atlanticus

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:47:14 UTC

Joseph Nicephore Niepce makes the first photograph. The exposure took 8 hours

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:47:50 UTC

William Henry Fox Talbot develops a process of creating a negative exposure and calls it a calotype

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:48:29 UTC

Louis Daguerre discovers how to make an exposure in 30 seconds. It’s called a daguerreotype

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:49:40 UTC

The first photography studio opens in New York City

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:50:46 UTC

Matthew Brady receives permission from President Lincoln to photograph the Civil War

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:51:30 UTC

The Daily Graphic in New York publishes the first “halftone” photo

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:52:49 UTC

Flash bulbs are invented

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:54:17 UTC

The inexpensive Kodak Brownie camera introduces photography to the masses

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:54:58 UTC

First 35 mm camera was invented

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:55:33 UTC

The wirephoto allows photographers to send photos across the country for newspapers to print

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:56:14 UTC

The first truly successful color film, Kodachrome is developed by Eastman Kodak

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:57:08 UTC

Life Magazine, a publication that heavily featured photos is launched by Henry Luce

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:58:10 UTC

Kodak engineer Steve Sasson creates the first-ever digital camera

778610_2 — 2024-10-09 14:58:54 UTC

the first phones with built-in cameras become publicly available