History of Photography

This is a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall.

• Kodak Brownie
• Camera Obscura
• Polaroid
• Daguerreotype

What does it mean when the image is "fixed" in the context of the first photograph?

• It is colored

• It is permanent and does not continue to react to light

• It is enlarged

• It is attached to backing & framed

What is the significance of this image?

• First Photograph
• Calotype
• Wet Plate 
• Surreal 

Who continued working on the photographic process after Niépce died?

• Louis Daguerre

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Eastman

What was one of the refinements made to the Daguerreotype process after 1839?

• The exposure time was reduced to less than a minute

• The images were produced in color

• The process was automated

• The images were stored digitally

What was the primary use of silver iodide in the Calotype process?

• To develop the image

• To coat the paper

• To fix the image

• To color the image

What is another name for the collodion process?

• Dry plate process

• Gelatin process

• Wet plate process

• Silver plate process

What was the main disadvantage of the collodion process?

• It was very expensive

• It required immediate on-site processing

• It produced low-quality images

• It was very slow

What type of photo did the prototype digital camera produce?

• Color photo

• Black and white photo

• Sepia photo

• Infrared photo

He is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented flexible photographic film.

• Edweard Muybridge

• George Eastman

• Luis Daguerre

• James Clerk Maxwell