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Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
The addition of the lens
Mid 1500s
Giambattista della Porta replaced the hole with an
old mans lenticular
Greatly focused the image.
Thomas Wedgewood
Sometimes considered the father of
photography
First person to experiment with light sensitive
chemicals
Thomas Wedgewood
Shadow
Humphrey Davy
Collaborated with Thomas Wedgewood
Noted in 1802 that hed found chemicals so sensitive to light that
even dim rays from a camera obscura would leave an imprint.
Ultimately a failure he never found a way to fix images
Louis Daguerre
Parisian artist, collaborated with
Niepce.
Wanted to find a way to
instantly capture subjects.
Discovered thiosulfate in 1837.
Began taking and exhibiting
what he called heliographs.
His pictures soon became
known as daguerreotypes.
Write this down now. Remember
it. Learn to spell it.
Daguerreotype.