{"id":33,"date":"2014-08-14T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T00:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/khsphotography\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2015-01-20T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T20:06:06","slug":"history-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/khsphotography\/how-to\/history-of-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we’re learning more about the history of photography, there may be somethings that you hear in class that spark your interest. \u00a0Unfortunately, we can’t use hot mercury vapors in the darkroom to make daguerreotypes, nor can we make many of the processes we’ll be learning about in class. \u00a0However, in the case that any of you were interested in learning more about photography’s past, here is a goo resource on\u00a0the evolution of the process as well as some cool videos\/links.<\/p>\n

This page will be updated throughout the semester<\/p>\n

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– Ancient times: \u00a0Camera obscuras<\/strong> (Latin: “darkened room”) is considered to be the earliest camera. \u00a0A\u00a0tiny hole in a darkened box allowed an image to be projected upside-down and backwards on the opposite wall.<\/p>\n

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– \u00a016th Century: \u00a0telescopic lenses were attached to camera obscuras to improve brightness and clarity. \u00a0Adding a mirror within the box reflected the image onto a ground glass created a much more portable camera obscure, allowing artists to\u00a0have more variety in the compositions.<\/p>\n

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– \u00a01816: \u00a0Nicephore Niepce<\/strong><\/a> makes a photographic print in a camera obscura, but cannot stop the image from continuing to darken once exposed to more light.<\/p>\n

– \u00a01826: Niepce creates the first fixed image using asphalt on metal and calls it\u00a0heliography<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0meaning “sun drawing.”<\/p>\n

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View from the Window of Le Gras, Niepce, 1826<\/p><\/div>\n

– 1834: \u00a0William Henry Fox Talbot<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>creates permanent paper negatives and uses them to print paper\u00a0positives. \u00a0He calls this process the Calotype or Talbotype. \u00a0He doesn’t patent this process for several years, while other innovators of photography continued to make advancements.<\/p>\n

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Latticed Window at Lacock Abbey, William Henry Fox Talbot<\/p><\/div>\n

– \u00a01837: \u00a0Louis Daguerre<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>creates daguerreotypes on silver-plated coper and processing it with hot mercury vapors.<\/p>\n

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