History Of Photography Flashcards

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Who created the first photograph?

A

Joseph Niepce

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What was the first camera?

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Camera obscura

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2
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When was the first photograph created?

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1826

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3
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What was the exposer time for the first photograph?

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Eight hours

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4
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Who partnered with Niepce?

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Louis Daguerre

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What was Daguerre’s photographs called?

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Daguerreotype

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What were three problems with the daguerreotype?

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Couldn’t view very well
Mercury highly poisonous
Couldn’t copy it

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Who was the Englishman that created the process of producing a positive to negative?

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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What was Talbot’s process called?

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Calotype

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9
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What was the process called when they combined Talbot and Daguerres process?

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Collodion wet plate process

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What is the biggest disadvantage to the collodion wet plate process?

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Had you carry around black room and set it up on site. Develop it on the spot.

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In the 1860s who were taking photographs?

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Professional photographers

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12
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What made photography possible for the general process in the 1880s?

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Gelatin emulsion and flexible roll of film

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Who made the gelatin emulsion and flexible roll of film?

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Fonder of Kodak company, George Eastmon

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14
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Who produced the first color photograph?

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James Maxwell

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15
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When was the first color photograph taken?

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1861

16
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What was it like to get a picture taken of to in the early years of photography?

A

Miserable. You couldn’t move, bright lights and you couldn’t blink, eyes would be watering by then.