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