1826-1827
Joseph Nicephore Niepce created the first surviving permanent photograph. His light sensitive material was a thin layer of bitumen.
1839
Daguerre announced a more practical photographic process which cut exposure time from 8 hours to a few minutes.
1847
Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky designed a bellows camera which improved focusing. This was super influential and is still used in some professional cameras.
1851
The first photographs considered to be “fine art” were created by John Edwin Mayall.
1854
Adolphe Disderi develops carte-de-visite photography in Paris, leading to worldwide boom in portrait studios for the next decade.
1856
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodson) took up photography. He was influential in getting photography recognized as fine art.
1862
An influential article was published in the Photographic Journal that said the real question is not whether or not photography is a fine art but
whether or not it is capable of artistic expression.
1884
George Eastman came up with a new way to do photography that replaced photographic plates. This was much easier.
1888
First Kodak cameras went on the market.
1895
Edward Steichen, one of the more renowned photographers in history, bought his first Kodak camera.
1907
First widely used method of color photography, the Autochrome plate, was commercially introduced.
1920-1930
A plethora of unconvential forms and techniques flourished. This was called “The New Vision of Photography.”
1927
Ansel Adams produced his first portfolio.
1932
Group f/64 was created. It consisted of eleven photographers. They were: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, John Paul Edwards, Preston Holder, Consuelo Kanaga, Alma Lavenson, Sonya Noskowiak, Henry Swift, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston.
1935
Kodachrome film was introduced. It captured the red, green, and blue color components in 3 layers of emulsion.
1940
Ansel Adams put on A Pageant of Photography, one of the most important photography shows in history.
1969
The charge-coupled device was invented by Willard Boyle. It is basically something that transfers an image to a digital file.
1986
Kodak scientists developed the first megapixel sensor.
Joseph Nicephore Niepce created the first surviving permanent photograph. His light sensitive material was a thin layer of bitumen.
1839
Daguerre announced a more practical photographic process which cut exposure time from 8 hours to a few minutes.
1847
Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky designed a bellows camera which improved focusing. This was super influential and is still used in some professional cameras.
1851
The first photographs considered to be “fine art” were created by John Edwin Mayall.
1854
Adolphe Disderi develops carte-de-visite photography in Paris, leading to worldwide boom in portrait studios for the next decade.
1856
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodson) took up photography. He was influential in getting photography recognized as fine art.
1862
An influential article was published in the Photographic Journal that said the real question is not whether or not photography is a fine art but
whether or not it is capable of artistic expression.
1884
George Eastman came up with a new way to do photography that replaced photographic plates. This was much easier.
1888
First Kodak cameras went on the market.
1895
Edward Steichen, one of the more renowned photographers in history, bought his first Kodak camera.
1907
First widely used method of color photography, the Autochrome plate, was commercially introduced.
1920-1930
A plethora of unconvential forms and techniques flourished. This was called “The New Vision of Photography.”
1927
Ansel Adams produced his first portfolio.
1932
Group f/64 was created. It consisted of eleven photographers. They were: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, John Paul Edwards, Preston Holder, Consuelo Kanaga, Alma Lavenson, Sonya Noskowiak, Henry Swift, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston.
1935
Kodachrome film was introduced. It captured the red, green, and blue color components in 3 layers of emulsion.
1940
Ansel Adams put on A Pageant of Photography, one of the most important photography shows in history.
1969
The charge-coupled device was invented by Willard Boyle. It is basically something that transfers an image to a digital file.
1986
Kodak scientists developed the first megapixel sensor.
Why This is Important
This timeline is relevant to me and my art because all the men came and paved the way for me to be able to do my work with relative ease. Obviously I would not be able to be the photographer I want to be without the inventors before me coming up with the revolutionary technology of a camera. Also, without Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, Lewis Carroll, and many others, photography might still be considered unworthy of being the fine art that it is. While I could still do my work without them, I would most likely not be able to make much of a living off of it and it would hardly get any recognition.