Evolution of Photography
Photography has evolved dramatically, from large boxes that capture poor quality images to small high tech devices that take vivid images. The idea of photography originated from the development of the camera obscura, which could not develop images but rather projected them to a surface. Joseph Niepce was the first person able to capture images, although it took hours for the images to develop. The successor of this invention, Louis Daguerre, who is considered the inventor of photography, was able to take only minutes to achieve better quality images. This type of photographs, called Daguerreotypes, led to a series of photography inventions, including emulsion plates and wet plates.
The community well adopted photography, and most people with enough wealth and esteem wanted their photographs taken. The development of photography led to photojournalism, which was a way of spreading information through images. This was the case during the Civil War. Photography also developed to include pictorialism, which was a way of capturing the moods or beauty of people or places.
The introduction of celluloid technology, the use of films and negatives, introduced a new era for photography. The entry of Kodak, which made cameras affordable for the masses, and increased the popularity of photography and photojournalism. Pictorials magazines started getting developed about different subjects, especially for sporting events.
With the development of technology, photography also became digital. Images now exist mostly as soft copies, due to standards and protocols like jpegs, and the development of smartphones and other devices that have cameras embedded in them. From large, expensive devices with poor quality, photography now uses inexpensive mobile devices that capture high quality images.