History of Photography (A Timeline of significant events)

[Kym]

I added
1985: Steve McCurry takes and publishes the Afghan Girl, and unknown 12yo subject until she was formally identified in early 2002
etc.

Any more items for the 'missing' years?

[broomage]

Worth a look at is the Alfred Stieglitz exhibition currently on at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney. Based around his Lake George years but covers his earlier period as well, with some real classics in there. Well worth the $10 entry, especially if you time it for 1pm when they have a free guided talk. Very informative and very inspiring the beautiful images he was able to capture in the simplist of subjects.

[Kym]

Please let us know of any significant events in the years 1900-2000 especially for years we don't have an entry for.

[KarenC]

1958 - Was the Trinidad Island UFO photographic case which was observed by 47 witnesses, Mr. Baruana took 6 photos at F8 1/125 of the UFO that was estimated to be moving at 600 -700kph the photos were declared authentic by the Brazilian Navy.
1958 - Edward Weston dies at age 71 he used large format cameras with small apertures to create a new aesthetic

[KarenC]

1903 - The inaugral issue of Camera Work dated January 1903 even though it mailed on 15th Dec 1902 and known for its many high quality photogravures was published by Arthur Stieglitz from 1903 - 1917

1904 - Edward Steichen began experimenting with colour photography and was one of the first to use Autochrome Lumiere in America.

[Bally]

See the attached link Pentax Auto 110 first and possibly only 110 cartridge film format SLR (Lenses still turn up and are great for reverse attachment for macro)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_Auto_110

[jev]

That's an interesting timeline!

Anyway, sony mavica was not 1982 - the prototype was unveiled august 25, 1981
1926: first underwater colorphoto (Charles Martin & W.H. Longley)
1946: first photo taken from space


Further more (not in the 20th century though):
1839: introduction of the word "photography" (Sir John F.W. Herschel)
2002: introduction of the foveon sensor

[TOM]

2009: Leica introduce the M9, the first 24x36mm rangefinder camera.

[magrose]

When in England we visited Laycock Abbey and although not permitted to take pictures inside I was given permission to take this window which is the one Henry Fox Talbot used in producing his negative.

Not a wonderful shot but taken with my old Olympus P & S.

[KarenC]

1908 - Kinemacolour, a two colour process that is the first commercial "natural colour" system for movies in introduced.

1922 - Kodak introduces 16mm reversal film on cellulose acetate base.

[Kym]

Thanks! Updated above and keep them coming!

[TOM]

1932: Henri Cartier-Bresson captures his most famous image, Behind the Gare St. Lazare, which is widely considered the greatest photo of the 20th Century.

[KarenC]

1910 - James (Frank) Hurley who was recognised as a pioneer in Polar photography and embellished images to maximise visual impact by way of composite printing, mounted his first exhibition in Sydney.

1915 - 68 aerial photographs of Gallipoli are taken when aerial photography was still very experimental.

1927 - The 79 year old Associated Press launches a photo service, however pictures are delivered by rail or in rare cases by air.
Portfolio of work "Parmellian Prints of the High Sierra" by Ansell Adams is produced, the work imitates impressionist painting with soft misty effects that suppress detail.

[Nikolas]

The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population.

In the early 1900s Prokudin-Gorskii formulated an ambitious plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed surveys of eleven regions, traveling in a specially equipped railroad car provided by the Ministry of Transportation.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html

[Boo53]

"In 1969 Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith invented the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device). The CCD technology makes use of the photoelectric effect, as theorized by Albert Einstein and for which he was awarded the 1921 year's Nobel Prize. By this effect, light is transformed into electric signals. The challenge when designing an image sensor was to gather and read out the signals in a large number of image points, pixels, in a short time.

The CCD is the digital camera's electronic eye. It revolutionized photography, as light could now be captured electronically instead of on film. The digital form facilitates the processing and distribution of these images. CCD technology is also used in many medical applications, e.g. imaging the inside of the human body, both for diagnostics and for microsurgery."

Boyle and Smith were awarded the nobel prize in physics for their invention in 2009

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/p...009/press.html

[Lance B]

When in England we visited Laycock Abbey and although not permitted to take pictures inside I was given permission to take this window which is the one Henry Fox Talbot used in producing his negative.

Not a wonderful shot but taken with my old Olympus P & S.

We did the same in July this year and I took a photo of the display at Lacock Abbey - parts of which were used in Harry Potter - and also the window made famous by Henry Fox Talbot. When we were there, there were absolutely no restrictions of photography and we could snap away until our hearts content - my gallery of Lacock and Lacock Abbey here: http://www.pbase.com/lance_b/broadway

[nouveau1]

Hi Kym,
Around the turn of the century, through WW1 and on to the 20's/30's Albert Khan funded photographers (using autochromes) to travel the world and record people's lives (and the war). In a very rapidly changing world he wanted to record the old ways of life before they disappeared. I saw some of these extraordinary images at the museum in Paris, and they are extraordinary! - There was a doco on TV recently which touched on this - I don't know how to fit this into the timeline format in the thread, but it's definitely one of the most significant photographic projects of the 20th century. If you have some suggestions on what you'd like, I will try and dig up some background.
Cheers,
Rick

[KarenC]

1929 - Eastman Kodak introduces 16mm film with motion picture camera and projectors for home use

1930 - Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier, they had aluminum foil in place of magnesium. Similar bulbs were introduced 7 weeks earlier by General Electric.

[[ kane ]]

I was born in 1982
I'll tihnk of some more... jsut need some time.....

[Boo53]

I was born in 1982 ..

Barely out of nappies then