The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection; the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]

The earliest known photography studio anywhere opened in New York City in March 1840, when Alexander Wolcott opened a “Daguerrean Parlor” for tiny portraits, using a camera with a mirror substituted for the lens.

history of photography, method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the 1830s.

2024年9月11日 · The first published and patented photographic process, takes its name after its inventor, the painter Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851); its beginnings, however, must be credited to the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833), who in 1816 created the first negative image which he called the heliograph (sun-writing).

From the moment of its birth, photography had a dual character—as a medium of artistic expression and as a powerful scientific tool—and Daguerre promoted his invention on both fronts.

2022年10月26日 · To celebrate the amazing history of photography and photographic science, we have assembled 32 photographic ‘firsts’ from over the past two centuries. These may either be the earliest photos ever...

Most early photos used the daguerreotype process invented by Louis Daguerre, but technical inventions have created endless possibilities for photographers. Let's take a stroll down memory lane to learn about some of the famous first photographs that …

2024年10月31日 · Early photographs, such as Niépce’s famous View from the Window at Gras (1826), were created only through excruciatingly long exposure periods, i.e., a very slow shutter speed. View from the Window boasts a shutter speed of approximately eight hours.