History
of Lens Based Image Making
Early
developments of the Monochrome Process:
·
Thomas
Wedgwood- the first person to develop a method to copy visible images
chemically, to produce permanent media.
·
Wedgwood
began experimenting with photography around 1790. He devised a method of staining
an object’s silhouette to paper.
·
First
of all, he coated the paper with silver nitrate, and then placed an object on
top. He then exposed the paper to natural light, and was then preserved in a
darkroom to develop.
·
This
method was published in ‘London’s Hournal of the Royal Institution’ in 1802 by
Humphry Davy.
·
The
earliest photograph of people is Louis Daguerre’s ‘Boulevard du Temple (1838).
However, because the exposure time was ten minutes, fast moving objects (such
as vehicles and walking people) were not stationary long enough to be captured.
A man having his shoes polished by another man are the only visible people in
the photograph:
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Early
developments of the Colour Process:
·
Colour
photography was explored throughout the 1800s, although, throughout the early
stages, these photographs were projected temporary images.
·
In
the 1870s, emulsions sensitive to red and green light became available.
·
In
1861, the first colour photograph was taken by James Clerk Maxwell of Scotland.
It was an image of a tartan ribbon:
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