{"id":153,"date":"2022-11-24T06:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T06:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/neekayazdani\/?p=153"},"modified":"2022-11-24T06:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T06:15:11","slug":"the-beginning-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/neekayazdani\/2022\/11\/24\/the-beginning-of-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"the beginning of photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today, photography seems very simple and accessible, especially with our portable and mobile devices. However, it was not the same for the people of the 19th century. The invention of the first permanent photo changed the course of our creative lives forever and has gotten us to the incredible technology today. How did photography make its start anyways?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until 1826 that the first permanent photo was developed by Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce in France, using a camera obscura to capture an image of the courtyard of his estate and project and copy onto a pewter sheet coated with light-sensitive substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first permanent photograph created with a camera obscura, 1826. https:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/niepce-heliograph\/<\/a><\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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What is a camera obscura?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A camera obscura, meaning \u201cdark room\u201d in Latin, was used to create images by reflecting light onto a screen or sheet. Initially, camera obscuras consisted of using an angled mirror in a box with a small opening to reflect light entered from the outside onto another surface, inside a dark room. As seen in the diagram below, they acted as an enlarged retina, which displays the flipped image coming through the eye lens, or angled mirror in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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a diagram of the function of a camera obscura. https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/camera-obscura-photography<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce was a French inventor, born in 1765 in Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne, France, and died in the same town in 1833. Ni\u00e9pce began his research with photography and engineering after returning from the French army. He began experimenting with lithography – a printing process – and became curious to find a way to produce images without drawing, as his illustration skills were quite weak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He developed heliography, which is a technique using sunlight and bitumen to harden and engrave asphalt onto a metal plate, therefore creating a permanent image. The term heliography comes from the Greek words helios (sun) and graphein (writing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsatisfied with the exposure time and quality of the permanent photograph, Ni\u00e9pce reached out to Louis-Jacques-Mand\u00e9 Daguerre, a French painter and physicist, in 1829, who perfected heliography and reduced the exposure time to about 20-30 minutes. He also succeeded at creating a better quality image with a chemical process using a copper plate coated with silver iodide. This led to the first successful technique of photography, known as the daguerreotype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daguerreotype of Louis-Jacques-Mand\u00e9 Daguerre<\/em>, 1844. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daguerreotype#\/media\/File:Louis_Daguerre_2.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Boulevard du Temple photograph, 1838. https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2015\/08\/the-gift-of-the-daguerreotype\/401816\/<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Without Ni\u00e9pce\u2019s trials and development of heliography, photography would\u2019ve never developed into daguerreotype, which in turn would not produce successful photography. It\u2019s important to acknowledge the origins of things we may take for granted nowadays in order to fully appreciate them and better them. We\u2019ve come a very long way thanks to these inventions and continue to be evolving the power of photography. Who knows, at this point, photography could end up reflecting 3D\/virtual images in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/photography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Nicephore-Niepce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/camera-obscura-photography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nfi.edu\/when-was-photography-invented\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/press\/exh\/2866\/camera-obscura.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/daguerreotype<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Louis-Daguerre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Louis-Daguerre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/news.smugmug.com\/when-was-photography-invented-a-brief-timeline-of-photographic-history-f883c79c405f<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.artpublikamag.com\/post\/sunwriting-brief-history-of-heliography-and-the-making-of-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-photograph<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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