photo history timeline. as early as 1021, the camera obscura was developed
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Photo History Timeline
As early as 1021, the camera obscura was developed.
In 1839, Louis Daguerre developed the daguerreotype.
Pros:
Sharp, accurate detail in image
Cons:
Non-reproducible
Daguerreotype Camera
In 1839 (the same year the daguerreotype was developed), William Talbot introduced his calotype.
Pros:
Able to be reproduced
Cons:
Less sharp, less clear
Calotype Camera
Photography: “making the world smaller”
Photography impacts science: Muybridge “stops motion” with a camera
George Eastman develops the first Kodak “disposable” camera in 1888.
“You press the button, we do the rest.”
One of the first mug shots – 1901.
Documentary style photography emerges
Lincoln and officers before a battle
Lewis Hine documents child labor during the industrial revolution:
Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother
Documents during the Dust Bowl
Different styles of photography: Soft, painterly
…Harsh and mechanical