A History of Photography, the First Hundred Years

 

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Today, with digital cameras everywhere, we don't give much thought to how we arrived at a place where anyone, anywhere, at any time can snap a picture.  For most of human history, a permanent image was a thing just out of reach.  It wasn't until a French artist stumbled upon a process in the early 1800s that the world would finally be able to capture an image and copy life on to a piece of paper.

 

The Camera Obscura as a Tool                             Mourning the Dead

 

The Birth of the Photograph                                 War Brings a Tax

 

Daguerre Gives His Gift to the World                  The World at Your Fingertips - Stereocards

 

The Eternal Image - Ambrotypes                         Kodak Changes the World

 

A Photograph for the Masses                               Modern Pitfalls of Dating Photographs

 

Anatomy of a Cased Image                                  A Nifty Dating Chart

 

The Ubiquitous Carte-de-visite

 

 

 

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