1. These events are NOT in order.

2. Work with a partner to guess and place them in order on your desk.
3. Listen AND:
4. Rearrange the events to correct historical order as they are mentioned in the presentation.

IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NEGATIVE/POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: Henry Talbot discovers this critical photographic process in
England
THE CAMERA OBSCURA: early Chinese and Middle Eastern scholars, such as Mo Ti and Ibn Al Hazan,
utilize this precursor of the camera to observe and study the sun and stars
SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH: Nicephore Niepce exposes a photograph for 8 hours on his family estate in
France during the year 1825
PHOTOGRAPHY IS BORN: 1839 the Frenchman Louis Daguerre invents and patents the first practical
photographic process
1900-1945: photography is finally recognized as a fine art among painting, sculpture and other forms of
visual art
DIGITAL REVOLUTION: 1980s-2000 become a time of transition from film to digital causing an outcry of
film is dead and ironically creating a resurgence of the old photographic processes such as
Daguerreotypes and platinum printing
1880: film is introduced by Kodak in the United States
SILVER REACTS TO LIGHT: mid 18
th
century German scientist Johann Shultze discovers this important
chemical reaction in the photographic process
______: first mass-produced camera is manufactured and sold world-wide by Kodak (United States)
_______: optical company Leica introduces first 35mm film camera in Germany
______ CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY Chicago Sun newspaper fires all photographers because