Photography Timeline

Nowadays we can use our smart phone to take photo easily. That shows the development of photography improved continuously from traditional methods to digital methods. It had an important status in the world. In the beginning of the development of photography, people used Camera obscuras to form images on walls in a darkened rooms (“History of Photography Timeline,” 1999). Those images were formed through the pinhole (“History of Photography Timeline,” 1999). In 1839, photography were announced to the world which was a great development for the society (Sandler, p.7, 2002). The daguerreotype and the calotype were the first two official forms of photography (Sandler, p.7, 2002). Then, scientists and inventors kept on having research and experience on the technology of photography.

(“History of Photography Timeline,” 1999). These technologies also gave a hung contribution to the development. Up to now, digital photography become the mainstream. As the improvement of the photography technology, people use it in many different ways. At the beginning of photography history, most of the people may have self-portrait (Sandler, p.12, 2002). Then, people may use the camera to do some research such as “The Horse in Motion” by Eadweard Muybridge (Sandler, p.18, 2002). Also, people started to discover the world around them (Sandler, p.39, 2002). Some daguerreotypists were interested in the nature and they wanted to capture the landscape images (Sandler, p.39, 2002). People also developed many kind usages of photography such as photojournalism, documentary, war photography and use it in art. That showed the popularity of photography in the