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.
- Pictures of a Camera ObscuraCamera Obscura
- Illustration of Camera Obscura in UseIllustration of camera obscura from "Sketchbook on military art
- Joseph Nicephore Niepce's Heliograph PhotographyThe oldest known photograph in the world
- Daguerreotype taken by Louis DaguerreBoulevard du Temple, Paris - Daguerreotype taken by Louis Daguerre.
- Daguerreotype Portrait of Louis Daguerre 1844Daguerreotype of Louis Daguerre in 1844 by Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot
- First American Daguerreotype - Robert Cornelius Self-PortraitRobert Cornelius Self-Portrait Approximate quarter-plate daguerreotype, 1839
- Daguerreotype - Portrait of Samuel MorseDaguerreotype - Samuel Morse
- Daguerreotype Photograph 1844Example of a Daguerreotype Photograph
- Daguerreotype - Key West Florida 1849Portrait of Mauma Mollie
- Daguerreotype - Photograph of Confederate Dead 1862Example of Daguerreotype Photograph
- Daguerreotype Photograph - Mount of the Holy Cross 1874Example of a Daguerreotype Photograph
- Example of an Ambrotype - Unidentified Florida Soldier Ambrotype,Daguerreotype,photography,wet plate
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