The History of Photography by Tuesday Huston

4-5th Centuries B.C.

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Chinese and Greek philosophers described the basic principles of optics and then the camera.

1664-1666

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Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.

1727

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Johann Heinrich Schulze had discovered that silver nitrate darkened when exposed to light.

1794

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First Panorama opens and the forerunners of the movie "House" was invented by Robert Barker.

1814

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Joseph Niepce achieves the first photographic image by using an early device from then projecting real-life imagery from something called a camera obscure. The image required eight hours of light exposure and then faded after tim.e

1837

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Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype was made. It was a fixed image that didn't fade and needed only thirty minutes of light exposure. This was very significant for the history of photography.

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, which was the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

1843

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The first advertisement with a photograph was published in Philadelphia.

1851

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Frederick Scott Archer had invented the Collodion process so that image required only two or three seconds of light exposure.

1859

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A panoramic camera called the Sutton was patented.

1861

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Oliver Wendell Holmes invented the stereoscope viewer.

1865

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

1871

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Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process which meant that negatives no longer needed to be developed immediately.

1880

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Eastman Dry Plate Company was founded.

1884

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George Eastman invented 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 called, which was called the Brownie, was now on sale.

1913/1914

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First 35mm still camera was developed.

1927

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General Electric invented the modern flash bulb.

1932

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First light meter with photoelectric cell is introduced.

1935

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Eastman Kodak marketed Kodachrome film.

1941

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Eastman Kodak introduced Kodacolor negative film.

1942

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Chester Carlson receivers a patent for electric photography.

1948

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Edwin Land launches and markets the Polaroid camera.

1954

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Eastman Kodak introduced high-speed Tri-X film.

1960

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EG&G developed a extreme depth underwater camera for the US NAVY

1963

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Polarid introduces the instant color film, which is 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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Polarioid introduces one-step instant photography with the Sx-70

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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Koica introduces first point and shoot autofocus cameras

1980

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Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder for capturing moving picture.

1984

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Canon demonstrates the first digital elecontric 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!!

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