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An Illustrated History of Photography

An illustrated tour of how photography has advanced through the ages.

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Photography" is derived from the Greek words photos ("light") and graphein ("to draw") The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839. It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.
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  1. The Calotype Process The Calotype Process
  2. Tintype PhotographyMembers of the 75th Ohio Infantry in Jacksonville
  3. Glass Negatives & The Collodion Wet PlateGlass Negatives: the Collodion Wet Plate
  4. Example of a Wet Plate PhotographExample of a Wet Plate Photograph
  5. Photograph Using the Dry Plate ProcessExample of a Dry Plate Photograph
  6. The Magic Lantern - Example of a Lantern Slide aka Hyalotype The Magic Lantern - Lantern Slide
  7. Print Using Nitrocellulose FilmPrints of Nitrocellulose Film
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