The very first photos ever made by man were non-camera images produced by placing objects on top of paper, then brushing them with some light silver chloride. One photo took weeks to yield, were more accurate than paintings and everybody wanted to have one, they were very expensive. Later, this technology was outdated when first camera images were taken from a‘cameraobscura’, a pinhole image formation techno. This is far way different from what we have today, the digital SLR.
In those days, the photo images were treated as special possessions. The celebrity portraits and other images were taken round the world, for others to view and have this feeling like the people in the pictures were actually in front of them. Later on, the human race would be frenzied by photomania and everyone kept a photo to remember and honor the dead, keep beautiful scenes and memories, a habit the digital man is not showing signs of letting go very soon. Read more…
