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History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Think of how ill-informed and ignorant we'd be without the snapshot image to illustrate the multi-faceted ways of the world. Apr 23, 2009 - History of Photography Timeline. 1.2 The Function of the Eye, As Explained by the Camera Obscura Leonardo Da Vinci, c. Century Color Photographs: History, Identification, and Care. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications (forthcoming 2013). It had been observed as far back as the 5th century BC that Camera Obscuras, meaning "Darkened Rooms", had 1839: Louis Daguerre is awarded a state pension by the French government in exchange for publication of methods and the rights by other French citizens to use the Daguerreotype process. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art. The coining of the word "Photography" has been attributed in 1839 to Sir John Herschel based on the Greek φῶς (phos), (genitive: phōtós) meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light". Jul 30, 2013 - The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present. From its beginnings until the present day. Nov 2, 2012 - It may seem a bizarre thing to say but where would we be without photography? May 22, 2014 - The history of photography has roots in remote antiquity with the discovery of the principle of the camera obscura and the observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. Ancient times: Chinese and Greek philosophers describe the basic principles of optics and the camera. Jan 15, 2014 - Photographic Theory: An Historical Anthology presents a compendium of readings spanning ancient times to the digital age that are related to the history, nature, and current status of debates in photographic theory. 1.1 Excerpts from the Allegory of the Cave. Before Photography to Invention: c.