History Of Photography Flashcards
Who created the first photograph?
Joseph Niepce
What was the first camera?
Camera obscura
When was the first photograph created?
1826
What was the exposer time for the first photograph?
Eight hours
Who partnered with Niepce?
Louis Daguerre
What was Daguerre’s photographs called?
Daguerreotype
What were three problems with the daguerreotype?
Couldn’t view very well
Mercury highly poisonous
Couldn’t copy it
Who was the Englishman that created the process of producing a positive to negative?
William Henry Fox Talbot
What was Talbot’s process called?
Calotype
What was the process called when they combined Talbot and Daguerres process?
Collodion wet plate process
What is the biggest disadvantage to the collodion wet plate process?
Had you carry around black room and set it up on site. Develop it on the spot.
In the 1860s who were taking photographs?
Professional photographers
What made photography possible for the general process in the 1880s?
Gelatin emulsion and flexible roll of film
Who made the gelatin emulsion and flexible roll of film?
Fonder of Kodak company, George Eastmon
Who produced the first color photograph?
James Maxwell