History of Photography

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What does the word "photography" literally mean?

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"writing with light"

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What was the first version of the camera called?

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Camera obscura

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What was the camera obscura used for in the Renaissance?

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Tracing outlines of shapes for paintings.

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What was so special about silver salts?

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They were discovered to be a photosensitive material, meaning they would change color when exposed to light.

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Who took the first photo using a camera obscura, silver salts, and lavender oil?

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Joseph Niepce

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Who took the first photo of a human?

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Louis Daguerre

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What was so special about the calotype (the photographing process using a negative)?

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It allowed photographers to make multiple prints of the same photo.

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George Eastman and his company Kodak changed the photographic process by inventing what? The camera obscura, The daguerreotype, Rolls of film so photographers could take multiple photos, Lavender oil to "fix" an image, making it permanent

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Rolls of film so photographers could take multiple photos

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Why was the brownie camera important?

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It was affordable, allowing most of the public to have access to photography for the first time;

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How does a camera obscura work?

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All light is blocked out in a room, except for a small pinhole. Through the pinhole, the image of the outside is projected onto the opposite wall.