How long has photography been around?

12 years 2 months ago #200698 by Kitzmiller
Trivia question for someone: How long has photography been around?


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12 years 2 months ago #200729 by Darrell
This sliding box could capture images by using a mixture of silver and chalk exposed under a light source. Johann Heinrich Schultz discovered this silver and chalk method in 1724.

You will not be judged as a photographer by the pictures you take, but by the pictures you show.
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12 years 2 months ago #200763 by Baydream
Ask Charles. I think he was Mr Schultz's assistant. :catfight:

Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
fineartamerica.com/profiles/john-g-schickler.html?tab=artwork

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12 years 2 months ago #200780 by mattmoran
What constitutes photography? If you make a "dark room" with a pinhole in one wall and then trace the image projected on the opposite wall, does that count?
Cause people have been doing that for a couple thousand years.

PS: "dark room" is English for "camera obscura"

-Matt
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12 years 2 months ago #200955 by Karl Wertanen
A timeline. A good watch.
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12 years 2 months ago #201011 by icepics
Whaddya know, is that how Chas got started in photography! :lol:

I read that Niepce is credited for the first existing photo that was preserved, but there were earlier attempts that weren't stable and continued to darken as exposed to light.

Matt, did you see about someone who's made rooms into camera obscuras? - can't think of his name but he set up one at a hotel in NYC.

Good find Karl. I drifted off into his other videos on home darkroom and photograms - which I've been doing with the sun and all you need is fixer. Interesting that in the year since he did this video, Polaroid is starting to team up with the Impossible Project; maybe they realized there are enough people getting old Polaroid cameras and using them.

Sharon
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12 years 2 months ago #201024 by mattmoran

icepics wrote: Matt, did you see about someone who's made rooms into camera obscuras? - can't think of his name but he set up one at a hotel in NYC.


Not sure, but are you referring to Abelardo Morell ?

-Matt
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12 years 2 months ago #201035 by icepics
Yes, that's it, thanks for sharing that, it's pretty interesting.

Sharon
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12 years 2 months ago #201198 by Artfulwhiz
Photography has been around for almost 2 centuries. Camera Obscura for much, much longer. Da Vinci used one.


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12 years 2 months ago #201474 by icepics
The camera obscura reminds me somewhat of older cameras where the image you see is upside down - an interesting way to capture an image.

Karl thanks for the link, some interesting podcasts. Although some of his darkroom skills are a bit... unusual, not quite what I learned as basic standard practice (like using his fingers instead of the tongs in the chemistry:blink:). I guess it depends on how you learned and your expertise, he certainly covers a variety of aspects of photography so the darkroom may just be one area he's worked some in.

I did get an idea from him about doing photograms with new photo paper to get a strong B&W image; I've been doing lumen prints with old photo paper and get some amazing colors. He does have some other good topics on his website although I haven't had time to look at many yet.

Sharon
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