A History of Photography, the First Hundred Years
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