Below you will find the link to an online timeline featuring the history of photography. I would like you to review the timeline, and choose one key figure or one key concept to research further. Once you have chosen your research subject, you may use any media you find appropriate to provide more background information. Your prompt must be at least 200 words. If you choose a key person, tell us more about their background and contributions to the world of photography. If you choose a key concept, tell us more about the details of it's development and it's influence to photography.
http://photo.net/history/timeline
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2001: Polaroid goes bankrupt
When the Polaroid company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in October of 2001, it was not much of a surprise to those the least bit familiar with the changing technology. At the beginning, the company had a monopoly of the instant photograph market. Having won a patent battle over Kodak in January of 1986, it seemed evident that Polaroid was going to come out on top. Things are not always as they seem, however, for although Polaroid seemed to have steadier footing on the market, the ever changing technology had left them in the dark. When they should have been focusing on developing their cameras for the beckoning digital age, Polaroid was experimenting with useless instant video software (Polavision, based on the Dufay color process) that was obsolete by the end of its development and cost the company millions of dollars, putting them in dire straits. Nearly all of the company was sold to a subsidiary of Bank One which went on to use the company name. Due to their lack of innovation in the digital photography market and their disastrous management mistakes, a once loved company was forced to file bankruptcy, signaling the end of an era and the early steps into the digital age.
in 1959 there was a big step made in photography the Nikon F camera used mirrors, so photographers werent forced to just look at a black hole. Many photograhers switched to the Nikon F around 1959. This new product was what made Japan a huge player in the photography manufacturing business. Many people made the switch from Leica to Nikon. With this happening the Japanese matured in the photo-world.
1990: Adobe Photoshop released:
The story of one of the original "killer apps" begins in Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) with a college professor named Glenn Knoll. Glenn was a photo enthusiast who maintained a darkroom in the family basement. He was also a technology aficionado intrigued by the emergence of the personal computer.
His two sons, Thomas and John, inherited their father's inquisitive nature. And the vision for future greatness began with their exposure to Glenn's basement darkroom and with the Apple II Plus that he brought home for research projects.
While Thomas learned about image manipulation in the basement darkroom, John was attracted to the odd-shaped box known as a personal computer that his dad had brought home. "The first real computer I ever actually sat down and used was in 1978.
In September 1988, the Knoll brothers presented a demo to Adobe's internal creative team, and they loved the product. A license agreement was struck soon after, and Photoshop 1.0 was shipped in February 1990 after 10 months of development.
In order to best explain Gary Winogrand’s work you need not look at the work but at the man. Truth be told Gary Winogrand left a lasting impression on the world of photography, one that he would not be able to really see. When Gary died in 1984 he left over a third of a million prints that he did not know the full potential of. He ultimately defined the lifestyle and everything there is about street photographers.
Gary was born in New York City in 1928 and he did most of his shooting on the streets with his Leica. His pictures were always quick but precise. He was one of the most avid street photographers the world has ever known. What made Winogrand the photographer that he was were his great people skills. He was a photographer that could just randomly walk up to a person and start talking all the while taking snapshots of people’s everyday lives.
A couple of notable times in Gary’s life were when he received his major awards. He received the Guggenheim Award 3 times in his lifetime as well as the NEA Award. His first very big show was at the Modern Museum of Art in New York, NY. He was also awarded the National Endowment Award of the Arts in 1979.
He played a huge role in the photographic world shaping what is known as the street photography world. He was a people’s person always shooting in random ways, and even though people thought it peculiar and that was just fine with them
1900: Kodak Brownie box roll-film camera introduced
In February 1900 the arrival of the Kodak Brownie was introduced. It only cost one dollar and it used film that only cost 15 cents a roll! It was easy for everyone of all ages to use. This simple box launched a new industry that affected everything we use today.
Kodak named the camera Brownie to market it for kids. At the time popular characters created by Palmer Cox named Brownies were used in all kinds of adds to sell different things, such as toys, candies, cigars, coffee and ice cream. Cox was the Walt Disney of his time.
Materials for the camera were really low, and production numbers were really high. The camera was a huge success and in the first year of sales 150,00 cameras were shipped out, which was 3 times the previous record. The Brownie had great marketing plans. Most ads were aimed at children, who were also encouraged to join the Brownie Camera Club and enter photo contests to win prizes.
This inexpensive camera allowed everyday people to capture special occasions and everyday stuff. The Brownie was easy to use and made everyone look like a professional photographer.
The brownie was in production for seventy years. There are 125 different models. Some with just minor changes from the first and other with some major changes.
It was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haytham who published this idea of a pinhole camera. He also invented the first pin-hole camera after noticing the way light came through a hole in window shutters. He further improved on the camera by realising that the smaller the pinhole, the sharper the image. He worked out and set up the first camera obscura (Lat. dark chamber). This invention enabled him to be credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one.
The pinhole camera is a camera that has a small hole that is an aperature. The exposure time for a photograph to occur varies with the weather. Depending on the weather you sould have a short exposure time or a long exposure time. The shutter of the pinhole is made of something that can keep light out. The camera itself has to be light tight. If light can get into the camera when you don't want it to, it can ruin the shot.
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