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A Brief History of Photography
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A Brief History of Photography

by David S. Young
October 2024
Beginner
380 pages
14h 58m
English
Rocky Nook
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The Early Years

There are many contenders for the title of “first” or “inventor” in photography. Many of these “photo-alchemists” were working, in separate places, on similar or even identical ideas or methods at the same time. Similarly, many talented designers and inventors are responsible for the cameras, lenses, films, and chemistry that make modern photography possible. They all stood on the shoulders of those who came before them. The history of photography is the story of how all these people and their inventions came together to make photography what it is today.

“If pictures of an illuminated object enter a dark room through a small hole, they may be captured on white paper, at a specific distance from the hole. They permit identification ...

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ISBN: 9798888143087