2. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
The word photography comes from two ancient
Greek words:
photo for light
graph for drawing
ART OF WRITING OR PAINTING WITH LIGHT
3. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
All started when....
Aristotle (IV B.C.):
a hole in the wall of
a dark room, made
the light go in, and it
would draw the
image in the
opposite wall.
4. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
Alhac (IX): he was an
Arabian scientist and he
explained how the camera
obscura worked.
Painters, such as Leonardo
Da Vinci (XV) used this
method to draw.
BUT…. PHOTOS DID
NOT EXIST. There
wasn´t a PHYSICAL
MEDIUM
5. LET’S MAKE THIS EFFECT!!
You need:
Oven paper
Card roll
Black stickers
A needle
6. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
S.XIX
1826: Nièpce got the first
long-lasting, fixed and
immutable photograph, using
chemicals (zinc, tin and lead).
Talbot, Schultz and
Daguerre were very
important too. They contributed
to this evolution using other
quemicals (copper, iodine,
mercury).
9. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
1837: Bayard and
Talbot started to take
photos on paper.
1861: Maxwell got the
first color image.
10. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
Eastman:
He popularized the roll film,
helping to bring photography
to the mainstream. He
founded the Eastman Kodak
Company.
12. PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION
DIGITAL CAMERAS
1975: Steve Sasson creates the first digital camera.
1988: JPEG
1990: Photoshop
2002: Digital cameras are sold more than analogue
ones.
