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500 BC-documents found in China describe observation that reflected light waves of an illuminated object passing through a pin hole into a darkened enclosure result in an inverted but otherwise exact image of the object. During the next thousand years the Camera Obscura spreads throughout Asia and Europe.
1558-Giouanni Battista Della Porta (Italian) replaces pinhole in Camera Obscura with glass lens.
1701-Johnann Heinrich Schulze (German) describes manner in which some metallic compounds, notably silver, possessed the property of darkening when exposed to light.
1788-Jean Senebir (Italian) publishes “THE ACTION OF SUNLIGHT ON VEGETATION” in Geneva.
1798-Aloys Senefelder (German) invents and describes lithographic printing process.
1799-Thomas Wedgewood (English) makes contact print profiles on silver nitrate coated paper.
1801-Thomas Young (English) expresses theory of Trichromatic Color Vision.
1802-Humphrey Davy (English) publishes “AN ACCOUNT OF A METHOD OF COPYING PAINTINGS UPON GLASS AND OF MAKING PROFILES BY THE AGENCY OF LIGHT UPON NITRATE OF SILVER.” |
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A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
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1812-Thomas Wollaston (English) describes compound doublet lens to reduce aberration.
1822-Nicpce (French) makes photo engraving on glass.
1824-Nicpce (French) invents photogravure process
1827-Joseph Nicephore Nicpce (French) discovers method for fixing silver nitrate image.
1829-Nicpce (French) and Daguerre (French) sign collaboration agreement.
1832-Note books made by Hercules Florence (French) working in Brazil describe chemical process for recording light.
1834-John William Draper (USA) publishes “A TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF ABSORBENT MEDIA ON THE LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC AND CHEMICAL RAYS OF THE SUN”
1835-Joseph Folden (English) build Camera |
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Obscura with backing plate film holder.
1838-Sir Charles Wheatstone (English) describes binocular disparity and demonstrates stereoscopic vision.
1839-Louis Jacques Mande’ Daguerre (French) introduces Daguerreotype light recording process.
1839-Alphonse Giroux publishes (French) “HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE”.
1839-Samual Morse (USA) makes Daguerreotype in America.
1839-Sir John Herschel (English) experiments with using Chloride of Silver and Hyposulphite of Soda to record light and also describes projection printing. First use of the word “Photography” derived from the Greek words for light and writing.
1839-Henry Fox-Talbot (English) announces negative/positive photographic process.
1839-L. Ibbetson uses oxy-hydrogen (lime light) to make micrograph.
1840-John Plumb Jr. (USA) opens Daguerreotype studio in Washington DC and conducts training workshops.
1841-Richard Beard (English) opens portrait studio in London
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