Sir John F.W. Herschel
"Photography" is derived from the Greek words photos ("light") and
graphein ("to draw") The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839.
It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.
graphein ("to draw") The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839.
It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.
The First Photograph
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
On a summer day in 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a camera obscura.
Prior to Niepce people just used the camera obscura for viewing or drawing purposes not for making photographs.
Joseph Nicephore Niepce's heliographs or sun prints as they were called were the prototype for the modern photograph, by letting light draw the picture.
Niepce placed an engraving onto a metal plate coated in bitumen, and then exposed it to light.
The shadowy areas of the engraving blocked light, but the whiter areas permitted light to react with the chemicals on the plate.
When Niepce placed the metal plate in a solvent, gradually an image, until then invisible, appeared.
However, Niepce's photograph required eight hours of light exposure to create and after appearing would soon fade away.
worlds first picture (taken by Joseph Niepce in 1826).wmv
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