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Photo History
| Artist | Known For |
|---|---|
| Joseph Niecephore Niepce | took oldest surviving photo. camera obscura to capture image made of varnish of metal plates |
| Louis Jacques Daguerre | invented Daquerrotype (positive b&w image on a mirror) evolutionary dead end |
| William Henry Fox Talbot | proved silver salts were darkened by light. soaked sheets of paper in silver chloride and put in camera obscuras to make paper negatives. foundation for all processes. |
| George Eastman | founder of kodak. kodak camera preloaded with film and affordable |
| Lumiere brothers | invented color photography. called autochrome. used a glass plate color transparency made of RGB grains of dyed starch. Cinematographers |
| photography | a science and an art |