Camera Obscura:
Camera Obscura means a dark room and the use of a pinhole in a window blind to form an inverted image of an outside scene on an opposite wall of a dark room has been known since at least the time of the Arab scholar Ibn al Hait. The device consists of a hole in the side which light goes through and hits a surface where a colored picture is produced but up side down. The picture can be projected onto paper but then it can be traced to get a more accurate photo.
The First Photograph:
The first photograph that was taken was by a man called Joseph Nicphore in 1826. This most famous reproduction of the World's First Photograph was based upon the March 1952 reproduction and in order for it to be viewed properly it must be under controlled lighting for it to be visible. He took the photo with a camera obscure and he called this type of photography 'heliography'. In 1829 he then went on and produced more work.
John Herschel:
John Herschel was a mathematicians, astronomer and chemist however he also contributed to the world of photography by creating the first ever blue print process.
Henry Fox Talbot:
Henry Fox Talbot was a British inventor and a photographer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes. He started of by making silhouettes of leaves and plants but then realised that there was a photo after a short exposure. He then chemically developed it into a photo.
The First Kodak:
George Eastman created dry, transparent and flexible photographic film and the Kodak cameras that could use the new film in 1888. He then became the owner and founder of the Kodak company.
First 33mm Camera:
The first 35mm Camera was invented by Oskar Barnack in 1913. He created the camera so you could take high quality pictures in a compact camera. The photo above shows what it looked like.