The History of Photography Part 4

The History of Photography 1930 -1970

1931 – strobe photography developed by Harold Edgerton

1932 – The f/64 group formed by Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke, Edward Western and Imogen Cunningham. The f/64 group was dedicated to “straight photographic thought and production”.

1934 – Fuji Photo Film founded, Associated Press wire photo service begins

1935 – Max Dupain’s modernist images are published in Art in Australia

1936 – Kodachrome multi-layered colour film developed by Kodak, the world’s first SLR camera the Exakta 1 introduced by IHAGEE

1939 – The onset of WW2 sees photojournalists begin to extensively use small 35mm cameras

1947 – Polaroid Camera invented by Edwin Land, Holography invented by Dennis Gabor

1948 – First medium format SLR camera released by Swedish Company Hasselblad, Polaroid begins selling instant black and white film. Nikon begins selling its first 35mm camera

1952 – First colour photographs in the world to be published by a daily newspaper the Melbourne Argus in Australia.

1956 – Xerox develops the photocopier

1957 – First photograph scanned into a digital computer

1959 – Nikon F series camera released

1963 – Polaroid develops first instant colour film, first purpose built underwater camera developed by Nikon. Kodak instamatic cameras introduced

1968 – The Earth is photographed from the moon

http://photo.net/history/timeline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography

http://www.britannica.com/technology/photography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_photography_technology