Photography

History of the camera

The history of the camera began even before the introduction of photography. Cameras evolved from the camera obscura through many generations of photographic technology – daguerreotypes, calotypes, dry plates, film – to the modern day with digital cameras and camera phones.

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See also

• ▸Georges Méliès
• ▸Bandelier Tuff
• ▸Ariella Azoulay

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