History of Photographyin a snapshot

“How have forms of human communication changed overtime?”

Accessing Prior Knowledge

• In your notes, please think about and list

three forms of Ancient communication, andthree forms of Modern communication.

History of PhotographyOverview Video

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What information from this quick overview caught your attention?

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Any idea what the Word Photography means ? __________________________________

Photography means

“drawing with light”• In Greek Photos Graphos = Light Writing

Term was presented by Sir John Herschel (English, 1792-1871). There were other name contenders. The Latin would have been Lux Scribe. Luckily, “Hi I’m a luxscribepher” just didn’t take off, but the use and importance of the invention of photography and its applications did.

What did the invention of photography require?

Human Ingenuity: MYP area of Interaction

Inventing took Time and Science, requiring• Optics = curved lenses, camera obscura • Chemistry = light sensitive materials• Communication = letters, personal visits

Optics

Camera Obscura, Pin Hole Camera

Before the invention of optics in the 1600s, Camera Obscura was just a hole in a wall or tent and the projected inverted image on an opposite wall.

It was awkward to view an unsharp and inverted image.

Light Bulb, 1991

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Modern Camera Obscura: View of Central Park Looking North- Spring, 2010

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Joseph Nicephore Niepce

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Niepce, First print: 1826 ( 8 hour exposure) one of a kind, non-reproducible on a copper plate.

Louis Daguerre

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Louis Daguerre, Dauguerrotype, 1837 20 minute exposure! Better living through mercury.

William Henry “Fox” Talbot

First paper prints

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Fox Talbot’s Paper Prints; Plant Fronds, and The Ladder ~ 1835

History of Photography

Reflection:At the bottom of your cornel-notes

In three complete sentences, summarize how photography has changed over time.

Then, one more short video if we have time.

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