What does the word 'Photography' mean?
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, electronically by an image sensor, or chemically by a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
The word “photography” literally means “drawing with light”.
The word “photography” literally means “drawing with light”.
Who invented photography and when was it invented?
Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to ever take a photograph, This photograph, "View from the Window at Le Gras," is said to be the world's earliest surviving photograph. It was taken in a commune in France called Saint-Loup-de-Varennes somewhere between 1826 and 1827.
To capture this moment in time, Niépce wanted to use a light-sensitive material, so the light itself would "etch" the image for him. After much struggle and trial and error, he finally found the perfect formula. It has been said by the University of Texas in Austin, that Niépce had developed some sort of combination of bitumen of Judea, a type of asphalt, and spread it over this pewter plate. After letting the image sit in a camera obscura for eight hours, the outdoor light eventually did all the work for him. |
Who and when was the first photograph of a human taken? |
Who took the first 'selfie'? |
The earliest known photograph to include a recognisable human form, was taken in Paris, France, in 1838 by Louis Daguerre. The human in question is standing in the bottom-left of the photograph, on the pavement by the curve in the road. He is having his boots shined.
|
The first-ever 'selfie' was taken in 1839. Although it was not termed as such back then. The self-portrait was taken by Robert Cornelius, an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast, in Philadelphia. Cornelius took a picture of himself in the back of his family's chandelier store. He set up the camera and then ran into the frame for the picture, thus having clicked the first-ever 'selfie'.
|