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View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection; the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]
The Photo History Timeline Collection; In the eye of the camera — Illustrated historical essay about early photography; Lippmann's and Gabor's Revolutionary Approach to Imaging; The Digital Camera Museum with accurate history section and many rare items Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine; The Fascinating Timeline of Photography Technology
This distortion was a pressing problem as architecture was an important photography subject early on. [1]: 49–50 In addition, photographs of exotic places (especially in stereoscope form [10]) were a popular means to see the world from the comfort of one's home – the picture postcard is a mid-19th century invention. [11]
In 1839, the daguerreotype photographic process invented in France was introduced into the United States by an Englishman named D.W. Seager, who took the first photograph of a view of St. Paul’s Church and a corner of the Astor House in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Pictorialism is an international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the later 19th and early 20th centuries. There is no standard definition of the term, but in general it refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of creating an image rather than simply recording it.
Brush & Shutter: early photography in China. Los Angeles, California: Getty Research Institute. ISBN 978-1-60606-054-4. Yuan, Feng; Mingzhi, Wang, eds. (2018). Vision and Reflection: Photographs of China in the 19th Century from the Loewentheil Collection. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. ISBN 978-7-302-51668-2.
Photographic techniques dating from the 19th century (7 P) Pages in category "19th-century photography" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Photographic techniques that were invented/introduced in 19th-century photography — regardless of their ongoing use. Pages in category "Photographic techniques dating from the 19th century" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.