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DAY 2 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Ancient Times
GLIMMERS OF LIGHT
Camera obscura (from Latin for “dark room” or “darkened chamber”) is a large room or box with a tiny hole in one side, through which light passes through and casts an upside-down image of whatever was directly outside. This principle was one of the major precursors to the development of photography.
While Arab scientist Ibn al-Haytham is credited with building the first camera obscura in or around the year 1021 AD, prior to that Chinese philosopher Mo-Tzu and Greek philosopher Aristotle both wrote of the principles surrounding the images created by light passing through a small ...
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