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Photography Timeline
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Photogenic Drawing
Photogenic drawing can be traced back to 1802, when Thomas Wedgwood reported his experiments in recording images on paper or leather sensitized with silver. -
The First Camera
The first Camera was made in 1816 by Nicephore niepce -
Fox Talbot
Tests using Silver chloride coated paper to see "negatives" of silhouettes. -
Blanquart-Evrard
Suggests use of Albumen for printing paper. Albumen paper was never patented and was used a lot for 40 years. -
Roger Fenton, The first war photographer
Roger Fenton was the worlds first war photographer in 1855 in the crimean war. -
The first Filters
The first photographic filters were invented in 1878 by Fredderik Waten. -
Flashlight Powder
The first flashlight powder was invented in Germany in 1887 by Adolf Miethe and Johannes Gaedicke. -
The first Camera Film
The first camera film was invented by George Eastman in 1889 -
Dr. H. Vogel
Research helped lead to panchromatic film using sensitising dyes. This film is sensitive to all visible colours. -
Roy Staab
Roy Staab was born in 1941 and is a american artist that specialises in photography. -
Dr. Edwin Land
In 1947, American physicist Dr. Edwin Land invented a one-step process for developing and printing photos. -
Mitch Epstein
Mitch Epstein, Born 1952 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His photographs are in major museums including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art. -
The first digital camera
The first digital camera was made in 1985 by the company Eastman Kodak by a man called Steve Sasson. -
The first DSLR camera
The first DSLR camera was made by Nikon in 1999 and was a 2.74 megapixel camera.