| 1850 |
Albumen printing paper is introduced by L. D.
Blanquart-Evrard. |
| 1851 |
Talbot makes first instantaneous photographs
using electric spark illumination. |
|
Frederick Scott Archer publishes wet-collodion
process. |
| 1852 |
Talbot patents photoglyphic engraving which
produces printable steel plates. |
| 1854 |
George Eastman born July 12, 1854, in Marshall,
NY. He grew up in the family home which was in Waterville, NY
(outside of Utica, NY). The old Eastman homestead has since
been moved to the Genesee Country Museum in Mumford, NY. |
| 1854 |
Ambrotype, a positive collodion image, is
patented in US. |
| 1855 |
Ferrotype process (tintypes) is introduced to
US. |
| 1855 |
Henry Peach Robinson's photograph
Fading Away, establishes him as a chronicler of the
Victorian scene with multiple negative compositions of a life
near its end. |
| 1859 |
Sutton panoramic camera is patented. |
| 1860s |
Julia Margaret Cameron is known for her lyrical
portraits of Victorian men and women. |
| 1861 |
Francois Willeme opens a photosculpture studio
in Paris. |
|
Chambre Automatique de Bertsch; first
sub-miniature camera. |
| 1864 |
Julia Margaret Cameron begins to photograph soft
and impressionistic portraits that challenge the accepted
ideas of focus. |
|
Joseph Wilson Swan perfects the carbo
process. |
| 1865 |
Dubroni-In-Camera processing. The plates were
sensitized, developed, and fixed within the camera inside a
glass bottle that was part of the camera body. |
|
Woodburytype process is patented. |
| 1869 |
Louis Ducos du Hauron's Colors in
Photography describes the principle of color
photography. |
| 1870-1871 |
During the Siege of Paris, pigeons are used to
carry microphotographed messages across enemy lines. |
| 1871 |
Richard Leach Maddox invents the gelatin dry
plate silver bromide process. |
| 1872 |
John W. Hyatt begins manufacturing
celluloid. |
| 1873 |
First photo is reproduced by the halftone
method. |
|
Hermann Wilhelm Vogel increases the spectral
sensitivity of photographic emulsions by adding dyes. |
