Photography | 1839 - 1960s AD

1. Until the 1880s, how were news stories illustrated?
Printing presses from engravings or wood cuts.
 
2. What is a camera obscura?
A dark chamber. A way to observe light. Optical device that projects an image of its surrounding onto a screen.

Post an example of a camera obscura.

3. How did scholars and artists utilize the camera obscure?
Safe observation of solar eclipses and the phases of the moon. Artists used this to trace outside scence and paint them.
 
4. From where did the photographic camera develop?

5. Who first used the term "photography"? Where was is derived from?
Sir John Hershel. Greek words for light and writing.

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6. Who is credited with making the first successful photograph?
Joseph Niepce
Post an example of a Daguerreotype image.
 

7. Who invented the Daguerreotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Louis Daguerre. It could be made permanent by immersing it in salt. It was expensice and the image could not be duplicated.
Post an example of a Calotype image.
 

8. Who invented the Calotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
William fox Talbot. It had good quality. Unlimited amount of duplicates could be made. Needed to improve quality/
Post an example of a Wet Collodion Process image.
 

9. Who invented the Wet Collodion process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Frederick Scott Archer. It was much faster and it cost much less then previous ideas. They had to be developed immediately.  Dark rooms had to be portable.
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10. Who invented the Dry Plate process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Richard Maddox. It was still too complicated for ordinary users.
 
Who is George Eastman? What company did he establish?
He made photography accessible to all. Eastman Kodak Company
Post an example of The Kodak Camera from 1888.
 

11. In 1888, he produced a camera that use his flexible roll film. How did he make this camera/photography accessible to the public?
All they had to do was press a button. They sent in their camera with a processing fee and the camer could be reloaded and returned to the owner.

12. What is Edwin Land best known for? What company did he establish?
Taking the first color photograph. Polaroid.
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13. How long did the first Polaroid camera take to produce a photo?
60 seconds.
 
14. What was Eadweard Muybridge known for?
Motion picture photography. Using multiple cameras to capture motion.
Post a photo of the Zoopraxiscope.
 

15. What is the Zoopraxiscope?
Device used to project a series of images in a successive phases of motion.
Post a photo of Muybridge's horse in motion.

16. How did Muybridge settle the debate and photograph a horse in motion?
He used a series of large cameras placed in a line, each being triggered by a thread as a horse passed by. He successfully had a picture of it.

17. In 1880s, the development of the motion picture camera allowed this?
Allowed individual images to be captured and stored on a single film reel.
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18. What is a motion picture projector?
Shine light through the film and magnify the moving pictures onto a screen for an audience.