Digital Photography 1 A Unit TWO- The History of Photography

Most stock agencies do not have their images online because of privacy issues.

False

Who created the first photograph?

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

The pinhole camera was invented in 1811.

False

What substance was the first photograph made from?

Bitumen

In the early days of photography, cameras were limited to professional photographers because of the knowledge needed to work the cameras and develop the images with various chemicals.

True

The development of instant cameras is generally credited to Oskar Barnack, an American scientist.

False

The Calotype was named for the Greek meaning: beautiful picture.

True

The term photography was first used in about 1839 by Sir John Herschel.

True

The collodian process used wet plates, which were glass plates that had been covered with a mixture of chemicals before being placed in the camera for the exposure.

True

What was the first commercial photography process?

Daguerreotype

The first glass negative was invented in 1934.

False

When did stock photography agencies begin?

1920

Autochrome Lumiere was which of the following?

A color process

By the 1850s, Daguerreotypes cost anywhere from 50 cents to $10 apiece.

True

The technology that contributed to digital cameras came from spy satellites used during the Cold War.

True