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History of Photography Highlights of the 1900s
This history of photography will save you time by enabling links to biographies of photographers and histories of photographic inventions. We have tried to select the most interesting and/or informative information available. Just click on the date or highlighted text to be 'transported' to the link. Please let us know if you find this helpful.
1900 - Kodak's Brownie Camera brings the future to photography - and for just $1.00.
1904 - Louis & Auguste Lumiere patent the Autochrome process - the first color photography process
1907 - Autochrome was "commercially available...until about 1940. This link has a simple and very interesting discussion of the process.
1908 - Virginia Historical Society photos by and biography of Lewis Hine who was employed by the U.S. National Child Labor Committee to photograph children working in Mills.
1911/12 - Rudolf Fischer moved the history of photography forward when he patented a two color process with the aide of his colleague Hans Siegrist. Their ideas provided the foundation for Kodachrome. CLICK HERE for a "...History and Concepts of Color Photography" by Annette Roulier, Imaging and Media Lab, 2008. Lots of photos.
1921 - Ansel Adams, probably the most famous photographer of the 20th Century, published his first dramatic photos of America's west.
1924 - AT&T sends photos by wire.
1935 Bell Laboratories 'Wirephoto' sent a photo to newspapers in 25 cities. CLICK HERE For The Scoop!
1926 - John Logie Baird gave the world's first demonstration of true moving picture television before 50 members of the Royal Institution in London.
1930 - The first commercially available photoflash bulb was patented and put into production by German Johannes Ostermeier.
I wish this link didn't have a black background, but the author does have a sense of humor as well as history!
1935 - Eastman Kodak introduces Kodachrome.
Kodachrome ceases in 2009, and becomes simply another facet in the history of photography.
1939 - Photocopying invented by Chester Carlson, but he was turned down by GE, IBM and at least 20 other companies. Xerox was trademarked in 1948. Follow this link for the history and basic science.
1947 - CLICK HERE for Wikipedia's fascinating biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, called the father of photojournalism, who founded Magnum Photos with photojournalists, Capa, Seymour and Rodger.
The encyclopedia notes that "Cartier-Bresson's first photojournalist photos to be published came in 1937 when he covered the coronation of King George VI, for the French weekly Regards."
CLICK HERE for a mesmerizing slide show of photographs ascribed to Cartier-Bresson
(It is doubtful, however, that the African boys running into the water was shot by Henri because a photo of that description by Hungarian photojournalist, Martin Munkacsi, was described by Cartier-Bresson as his "defining moment".)
In 1952 he published 126 of his international photos in a book titled, "The Decisive Moment."
He wrote, "There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment."
1963 -
Kodak introduces the Instamatic Point & Shoot camera invented by Dean M.Peterson. It makes it possible for everyone to own and use a camera, and revolutionizes the photography industry.
1972 -
Honeywell introduces the Beehive Point & Shoot Camera developed by Dean M. Peterson. It features auto focus, auto film metering and advance, and built-in self-quenching electronic flash, innovations that pave the way for digital photography including SLRs (Single Lens Reflex).
1975 -
Dean Peterson and Ansel Adams are named Fellows of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) for their photographic accomplishments. The society is best known today for "conferences and courses on various aspects of imaging science, including digital imaging, digital printing, color imaging, photofinishing, archiving, and digital fabrication." (Wikipedia)
1986 -
Fuji introduces a disposable camera named Quicksnap.1988 - Fuji follows its own lead with the first one-time use 35mm camera flash camera. By clicking on 1986 (highlighted above) you will be directed to a fascinating history of Fuji and Fuji Digital Cameras.
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CLICK HEREfor History of Photography Highlights of the 1800s.
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