Camera Obscura
In Latin It means “dark room” camera “(vaulted) chamber or room,” also referred to as pinhole, The camera obscura is a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object on to a screen inside a forerunner of the modern camera.
André Kertész
André Kertész, born Kertész Andor, Born July 2, 1894 was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay and he died September 28, 1985.
Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot born February 11, 1800 was an English scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries he died September 17, 1877.
Louis Daguerre
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, better known as Louis Daguerre born November 18, 1787, was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography and died July 10, 1851.
Nadar
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as Nadar was born April 6, 1820 he was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs and he died March 20, 1910.
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