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Revolution
The Revolution
As
beautiful as the images it produces, Photography is itself a
beautiful creation that man has gifted his fellowmen.
Photography is basically a process through which we can make
pictures or make impressions of our surroundings by using
light. This entire process of photography can be achieved
using a device called a Camera. The first known photography
is the Daguerreotype. It grew to popularity in the 19th
century and became an innovation through which people could
print their portraits. The only disadvantage being that only
one photograph could be taken at a time.
Due to
this disadvantage of the Daguerreotypes, photography went
through another process of change as more and more people
started looking for a way to replicate the images or
portraits. Photographers also encouraged scientists and
chemists to look for a solution so that multiple copies
could be made available at a cheap price. This led to
another innovation better referred to as the Talbot's
process.
After
almost 20 years of refinement and experiments, the modern
photographic process was born in 1884. George Eastman was
the man responsible for the photographic revolution that
laid the foundation stone for the photography process as we
see it today. Eastman’s dry gel was made solely for the
purpose of replacing the photographic plate. Until now, the
photographic plate was the only way of making a photograph
and a cumbersome process. To add to the agony, a
photographer had to carry multiple boxes of photographic
plates and various toxic chemicals around with him all the
time. George Eastman solved that problem. In July 1888,
Eastman came out with his Kodak camera. It was launched in
the market with a famous slogan: “You press the button, we
do the rest”. Now people could buy this camera and use it,
while the developing of the photographs was left for the
chosen experts. In 1901, photography was available to the
masses with the launch of the Kodak Brownie. This was the
start of another era of photography.
Here is
a timeline of events during the evolution of photography
5th-4th
Centuries B.C.: Greek & Chinese philosophers were discussing
the basic principles of the optics and the camera.
1664-1666: Sir Isaac Newton discovered that the white light
actually composed of different colors.
1727:
Johann Heinrich Schulze made an astonishing discovery that
silver nitrate became dark when exposed to light.
1814:
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce achieves the impossible. With his
camera obscura, produces the first photographic image.
Drawback: requires 8hrs of exposure time to get the image
and the image is not permanent.
1837:
The first daguerreotype invented by Louis Jacques Mandé
Daguerre was able to produce a fixed image that did not
fade. The exposure to light also reduced considerably to
just thirty minutes.
1840:
The first American patent for photography was issued to
Alexander Wolcott. The patent was for his camera.
1841:
William Henry Talbot masterminds the Calotype process. This
process was able to make multiple copies of a single
photograph by using the negative-positive process.
1843:
The first advertisement with a photograph was used in
Philadelphia.
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