The history of photography: Development of photography
A considerable contribution into achievements of photo technique were made by such scientists as Frenchmen A. Fizeau, A. Claudet, the Hungarian J. Petzval, the Russian A. Grekov, the American
S. Morse, and many others.
Daguerrotypy period did not last long. The silver plate image was expensive, mirror-like, had a single copy only,
and was difficult to view due to its glitter.
Calotype method had more advantages and therefore was further developed. By the end of the 40s of the XIX century an inventor out of Niepce family,
Niepce de Saint-Victor, changed the paper negative for a piece of glass covered with starch glue and egg whites layer. The layer was made photosensitive by silver salts.
In 1851 an Englishman S. Archer covered the glass with collodion. Positives started to be printed on albumin paper. Photos could be duplicated.
In another couple of decades Richard Maddox proposed the shoot on dry bromine-gelatin plates. This improvement made photography related to the modern one.
In 1873 H..Vogel manufactured orthochromatic plates. Later on an anastigmatic lens was designed. In 1889 D. Eastman (the founder of Kodak)
started the production of celluloid film. In 1904 the first color photography plates were produced by Lumiere firm.
The photography of our day is a science of itself and an art, analysis and documentation methods, artistic vocation,
and different kinds of applied activity.
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