A brief history of photography

1. A brief history of photography Find the correct picture for each date on your worksheet

3. Answers • 1500 .The first pinhole camera (also called the Camera Obscura) was invented by Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham). • 1600 onwards -Artists use camera obscura to create incredibly detailed paintings • 1826 – The first photograph by Joseph NicéphoreNiépce.View from the Window at Le Gras, c. 1826 • 1838 The first photograph of a person by Louis Daguerre • 1900 -First mass-marketed camera – the Brownie made by Kodak. It was on sale until 1960s. • 1913/1914 -The first 35mm still cameradeveloped by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera. Later it became the standard for all film cameras. • 1975-The first digital camera. Made by Kodak. Took pictures 0.1 Mpxs. Recorded the image on a cassette. • 1990-Adobe Photoshop 1.o Launched • !994-The first digital cameras for consumers were launched, one of the first was The Apple QuickTake. • 2000-In Japan, Sharp’s J-SH04 introduced the world’s first camera phone. • 2003 – present day. camera phones outsell cameras world wide. The rise of social networks changes the way we photograph