From 1826 To Today – The History Of Photography.
The first known picture or image that was permanent was taken in 1826. The first known chemical photography was a process called, the Monochrome. It came to the forefront by an inventor from France. His name was, Joseph Niepce. The first known color photograph was produced in 1861. That photograph was void of the color red, the color process involved in color photographs was not fine tuned until 1907. The process of photography really became engaged with the process of, the negative to positive process. This type of process was invented by a British inventor named, Henry Fox Talbot. He used a silver and salt solution to make the process possible. Another milestone in all things photography was a process called, Tintypes. That process was patented and brought to the forefront by, Hamilton Smith in 1856. The next milestone that occurred within photography, was the introduction of, Flexible rolls of film. That process was brought to the national forefront in 1889 by George Eastman. a soon to be marketed mass box type of camera would become commonplace. That was under George Eastman. He would later merge with Kodak, to become known as the photo powerhouse, ‘Eastman Kodak’ forever changing, photography.