Erin Hussey
Brian McNeil
History Of Photography VM 203
13 October 2015
The Technical Evolution of Photography: 1825-1875 Photography, invented in the early 1800s, is one of the largest growing visual art forms and hobbies in the world today. Through photography, our society captures the present and records the past. It has affected our society socially, politically, and recreationally. Historically, photography provides an objective record of real events, as seen in the late 19th century with civil war photography. Although there had been experimentation with various methods prior of technical photography prior to 1825, this time period is considered the beginning of modern photographic history, especially with the emergence of “Daguerreotypemania”. …show more content…
Through this wet collodion procedure, Archer was able to overcome the flaws in the Calotype process. In this procedure, the light-sensitive material silver halide was applied to the surface of glass plates, making the resolution much higher. Although, it was a tricky process that took a lot of effort and quickness, as collodion is a sticky material and substantiates in the air. Nevertheless, the effort was way too high since collodion is sticky material that substantiates in the air. Despite this, the wet plate process became enormously popular and began to replace the Daguerreotype. The wet plate process was used for ambrotypes and tintypes, commonly used for portraiture. Ambrotypes were considered “daguerreotypes on glass”. Printing for portraiture eventually moved to carte de visite, introduced by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854. Disdéri’s camera had multiple lenses, therefore he could capture eight different poses on one large negative. This negative would be printed on albumen paper, and then the images were cut apart and glued to calling-card-size …show more content…
In 1861, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presented the first color photo at the royal institute in London. The presented additive color blend was based on three black-and-white diapositives which were photographed through three color filter (red, green, and blue). Respective color photographic procedures were developed by Louis Ducos du Hauron and Charles Cros from 1862 to 1868. Only du Hauron was able to present a patented and practicable procedure though. His technique was based on silver-bromide collodion plates and resulted in pigment-diapositives. Both procedures developed by du Hauron and Cros were based on the principle of trichromatism. In 1873, the German photo
Brian McNeil
History Of Photography VM 203
13 October 2015
The Technical Evolution of Photography: 1825-1875 Photography, invented in the early 1800s, is one of the largest growing visual art forms and hobbies in the world today. Through photography, our society captures the present and records the past. It has affected our society socially, politically, and recreationally. Historically, photography provides an objective record of real events, as seen in the late 19th century with civil war photography. Although there had been experimentation with various methods prior of technical photography prior to 1825, this time period is considered the beginning of modern photographic history, especially with the emergence of “Daguerreotypemania”. …show more content…
Through this wet collodion procedure, Archer was able to overcome the flaws in the Calotype process. In this procedure, the light-sensitive material silver halide was applied to the surface of glass plates, making the resolution much higher. Although, it was a tricky process that took a lot of effort and quickness, as collodion is a sticky material and substantiates in the air. Nevertheless, the effort was way too high since collodion is sticky material that substantiates in the air. Despite this, the wet plate process became enormously popular and began to replace the Daguerreotype. The wet plate process was used for ambrotypes and tintypes, commonly used for portraiture. Ambrotypes were considered “daguerreotypes on glass”. Printing for portraiture eventually moved to carte de visite, introduced by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854. Disdéri’s camera had multiple lenses, therefore he could capture eight different poses on one large negative. This negative would be printed on albumen paper, and then the images were cut apart and glued to calling-card-size …show more content…
In 1861, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presented the first color photo at the royal institute in London. The presented additive color blend was based on three black-and-white diapositives which were photographed through three color filter (red, green, and blue). Respective color photographic procedures were developed by Louis Ducos du Hauron and Charles Cros from 1862 to 1868. Only du Hauron was able to present a patented and practicable procedure though. His technique was based on silver-bromide collodion plates and resulted in pigment-diapositives. Both procedures developed by du Hauron and Cros were based on the principle of trichromatism. In 1873, the German photo