Walk With Me Through Time
By William Garvey
By William Garvey
I chose to do a 3-D Technology Timeline using Canvas & Play-Doh to showcase the progress of technology. I will describe why I chose the dates I did, as well as why I molded the objects I did. I have included the resources for each piece of information I used along my timeline. Hope you all enjoy my work!
1851 - Wet Plate Collodion Process - The mold is of the glass plates & bottles of chemicals used in the wet plate collodion process.
Photographer - John Coffer
Source - http://www.johncoffer.com
1851 - Wet Plate Collodion process was the "primary photographic method from the early 1850's until the late 1880's." Often times the materials used for the Wet Plate process were carried around by horse and wagons. Wet Plates changed photography by replacing the paper negatives that were previously used. Despite its laborious process to create a single photograph; the finished work was beautiful and it's even making a small comeback today.
Sources -
- http://inventors.about.com/od/weirdmuseums/ig/Illustrated-History-Photograph/Glass-Negatives--the-Collodion.htm
- http://www.wetplateday.org
1861- Color Photography - The mold is of the ribbon used in the first color photo which was red, blue, and green in color.
Photographer - James Clerk Maxwell & Thomas Sutton
Source - http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/05/150-years-ago-first-color-photograph-was-taken
1861- Color Photography was produced for the very first time. James Clerk Maxwell & Thomas Sutton "took three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon, each through a different color filter - red, green, and blue." Tim Barribeau stated in his article titled "Color Photography turns 150 Years Old Today" (written on May 17, 2011) how "The first demonstration wasn't particularly successful, as the red and green exposures weren't nearly sensitive enough to capture all the color in the tartan ribbon, but it was the first full-color image, and the basis of color photography as we know it." This of course would pave the way for billions and billions of color photographs to come in the future.
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1871 - Dry Plate Photography - The mold is of the Dry Plates that the photos were produced onto.
Source - http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_e/0_early_processes_-_glass_plate_chemist.htm
1871 - Dry Plate Photography came onto the scene as "gelatin was substituted for collodion, and the first dry glass plate was made. It was slower than a wet plate, however. But by 1880, dry plates became as fast as wet plates, and the cumbersome wet plate died out." Dry Plates superseded Wet Plates because of their cheaper cost and this began a huge change in the industry. As dry plates took the lead, it wasn't long before the next wave of technology came along through Mr George Eastman using roll film.
Sources
- http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/Books/cim/MapTopic.htm
- http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rcollins/242photojournalism/historyofphotography.html
1888 - First Kodak Camera - The mold is of the actual camera of course.
Source - http://www.oldbike.eu/cyclecamera/?page_id=25
1888 - First Kodak Camera was produced and we all know where Kodak went from here. "ANYBODY Who can wind a watch can use the KODAK CAMERA" was used in the slogan to get the cameras selling. The camera was box-like in shape and had the capability to produce 100 2.5 inch circular photos. The camera sold for approximately $25 but it changed photography by being the first camera that didn't require a Tripod. Kodak also touted that "No focusing, No adjustment whatsoever... The KODAK will photograph anything, still or moving, in-doors or out..." Naturally this would catch the attention of photographers across the world.
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1900 - The Kodak Brownie Box roll film - The mold is for the $2.00 cost that the consumers could buy and have their film produced for under that cost!
Photographer - Ad by Kodak Company
Source - http://www.mortaljourney.com/2010/11/all-trends/kodak-brownie-camera
1900 - The Kodak Brownie Box Camera was sold for the consumer-based price of only $1.00. For only $2.00 they could buy all the required items and have their pictures developed. About 15,000 were put into circulation for the average citizen to be able to buy. Kodak took pride in marketing the camera as a cheap but durable camera that even children could operate. This changed the photography world with the first "snapshot" camera hitting the market. Kodak used the perfect slogan "You push the button, we do the rest."
Sources -
- http://www.brownie-camera.com/5.shtml
- http://www.mortaljourney.com/2010/11/all-trends/kodak-brownie-camera
1924 - Leica Camera - The mold is of the Leica camera, naturally.
Source - http://jjsanz.es/leica-la-camara-de-fotos-que-escribio-la-historia/noticias/
1924 - The famous "Leica" camera! Many say that Oskar Barnack "revolutionized photography" with his camera. It was the first small and compact camera in circulation and I consider it to be the blue-print of modern day smaller cameras. I found a great quote from the Leica webpage stating "With Oskar Barnack's sensational new small-format camera, photojournalism was brought closer to actual events and began telling stories in a more dynamic and truthful manner. The reaction among photo artists to the possibility of achieving a "new form of vision" was extremely enthusiastic." If Barnack could have lived to see the impact his camera had on generations upon generations of homes, I think he would have been very pleased.
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1936 - First Color Multi-Layered Film - Mold is of the Film Roll.
Photographer - Steve McCurry - Famous Picture of "The Afghan Girl" used on the Cover of Time Magazine
Source - http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/original-story-text
1936 - The first color multi-layered film has arrived, and it was very successful in cinematography and still photography. Known as "Kodakchrome" it was a long process that many inventors contributed to along the way before it was finally a completed project. But once it began to spread it became very popular for professional photography, and pictures used in print media. Kodakchrome had a pretty good run before the digital world came along a few decades later; thus resulting in the inevitable fall from the top.
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1991 & 1992 - Digital Technology - The mold is of a Digital Memory Card and Photo-CD
Photographer - Mark Zanzig
Source - http://www.zanzig.com/blog/?p=1333
1991 & 1992 - Say hello to the wonderful world of digital technology. Kodak would be the company to introduce the first digital camera and Photo-CD's to the market. This would change the world of photography forever, practically riding the world of film in the not to distant future. The mold is of the memory cards we all use today, and the first photo-cd introduced in 1992. It's amazing that Kodak was the company to lead the way in technology break-throughs for so many years, yet it had to file for bankruptcy recently.
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2000 - Camera Phones - The mold is of the first style of camera phones to hit the market at an average cost of $500.
Photographer - Phillipe Kahn
Source - http://click.si.edu/Story.aspx?story=159
2000 - Camera phones came out and who could've imagined the impact they would have in only 13 years. Phillipe Kahn was an engineer and avid technology user that recognized a way to solve a common problem. Phillipe stated "My eureka moment hit as the responses poured in from recipients eager to know how I had shared Sophie’s photos so quickly and efficiently." The first camera phone had a whopping 110,000 pixels, but that wouldn't slow down it's tremendous popularity. Little did Phillipe know his invention would forever change the face of planet with the implementation of his idea going into almost every cell-phone world-wide. I'm guessing his house has gotten larger over the years.
Sources -
- http://www.hoista.net/post/18437919296/evolution-of-the-cameraphone-from-sharp-j-sh04-to
- http://click.si.edu/Story.aspx?story=159
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