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- A Chinese philosopher Mozi, was the first to come up with the concept of “camera obscura” (a Latin phrase which translates to “dark chamber”) if you are wondering why dark chamber? That’s because, back then there were literally dark rooms with a small pinhole in one of the walls, light would pass through the hole in the wall and project an image of the outside onto the opposite wall.
- The first photograph ever was made in 1816 in the burgundy region of France by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He captured the image from upstairs of his home via Heliography or sundrawing by using pewter printing plate coated with Bitumen of Judea (a naturally occurring light-sensitive material). As the unhardened portions were not removed using a solvent, a positive image was left. To actually see the image, one had to lit the plate and view it in such a manner that the bitumen looked light and metal looked dark.
- The first ever colored photograph was taken in 1861 by a popular physicist from Scotland, named James Clerk Maxwell. He used this durable color photograph in one of his lectures it was as set of 3 black and white photographs captured through red, green and blue color filters.
- The first photograph of a human was captured by Louis Daguerre. He basically aimed to capture the Boulevard du Temple in Paris. Since, the exposure lasted for seven minutes the impression of a man standing and polishing his shoes also got captured.
- The first aerial photograph was taken from 2000 feet above in a hot air balloon in 1860 by photographer James Wallace Black. He captured the aerial view of Boston town and titled his work as “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It”.
- The first digital photograph was taken all the way back in 1957; that is almost 20 years before Kodak’s engineer invented the first digital camera. The photo is a digital scan of a shot initially taken on film. The picture depicts Russell Kirsch’s son and has a resolution of 176×176 – a square photograph worthy of any Instagram profile.
- The first ever digital camera was designed by Kodak in 1975. It weighed 8 pounds and was able to record black and white photos at the resolution of 0.01 MP. In 1986, Kodak teamed up with Canon to release the first DSLR camera ever. It used a 1.3 MP image sensor developed by Kodak and Canon F-1 film SLR body. Later during the 1990s and 2000s, numerous camera manufacturers entered the DSLR market, including Canon, Fuji, Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Sigma and more.
Robert Cornelius
- The world’s first iconic selfie is around 170 years old! Robert Cornelius was the first person to capture his own photo by sitting in front of the lens for over a minute in the back of a business on Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia.
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