Project

1. Photographic
Technology Timeline
Quinn Caesar-Williams

2. Table of Contents
• 3. Calotype Process
• 5. Wet Plate Collodtion
• 7. Color Separation Method
• 9. First Simplified Camera
• 11. Film Rolls
• 12. Color Film
• 14. Digital Cameras
• 15. Adobe Photoshop

3. 1841 – Calotype Process
• •Introduced by Fox Talbot
• •Later known as the "Talbotype” process
• •This was a negative/positive process that only took a few minutes

4. • Image by: John Moffat
• Image Source: (https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Fox-
Talbot)

5. 1851 – Wet Plate Collodtion
• Introduced by English sculptor Fredrick Scott Archer
• This process was done by spreading a mixture of collodion and chemicals on
sheets of glass
• Being much cheaper, this was a step in the right direction for photographic
technology

6. • Image by: Unkown
• Image Source:
(http://www.frederickscottarcher.com/Photographs/FSA.jpg)

7. 1861 – Color Separation Method
• Introduced by Scottish physicist James Clerk-Maxwell
• This method was achieved by using three black and white photographs
• *Each photo must be taken using a colored filter*
• After this the photos were turned into lantern slides and projected in
registration with the same color filter
• This was important because color separation allows viewers to focus on sole
parts of an image

8. • Image by: Unkwown
• Image Source: (http://www.biographyonline.net/wp-
content/uploads/2014/05/James_clerk_maxwell4.jpg)

9. 1888 – First Simplified Camera
• Introduced by George Eastman
• The Kodak Number 1
• First general camera open for the public
• Also the first mass developing service
• This was a huge milestone for
technology everywhere

10. • Image by: Unknown
• Image Source:
(http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/images/made/file_uploads/Eastman-hi-res-
photo_720_420_c1_center_top.jpg)

11. 1889 – Film Rolls
• The first commercial transparent roll film put out by Eastman and his team
was in 1889
• The availability of this made possible the development of Thomas Edison's
motion picture camera in 1891
• This advance made development much easier and more convenient

12. 1963 – Color Film
• Company founded by Edwin H. Land in 1937
• Developed by Polaroid
• First color instant film (Instamatic)
• Also was the first to introduce underwater photography (Nikonos)

13. • Image by: Unknown
• Image Source:
(http://a3.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,dpr_1.0,h_1200,q_80,w_1200/MTE1OD
A0OTcxNjkyODE5OTgx.jpg)

14. 1984 – Digital Cameras
• Introduced by Canon
• This device was the first digital still camera on the market
• Image Source: (http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2010/08/firstkodak.jpg)

15. 1993 – Adobe Photoshop
• Created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll
• This program became available for computers in 1993
• Photoshop is a graphics editing software
• Used to enhance, crop, fix, etc… Or add text to an image
• This is now one of the highest rated applications on the market now

16. • Image by: Unknown
• Image Source: (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-
6lZ5DUTTiKU/T8W1T_XAFVI/AAAAAAAAHvg/JiciYM1cdsI/s1600/john_thomas_knoll.jpg)