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The fixing of an image by light, achieved by Nicephore Niepce in the 1820s and made practical by the daguerreotype in 1839. Photography gave the world its first mechanical record of appearance, became the evidentiary backbone of journalism, and is the parent technology of every moving image medium in this atlas.
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Origin Year1839 marks Daguerre's public announcement, the year this entity's own origin-note anchors on as the first commercially practical process; Niepce's first fixed image predates it, in 1826 (see the First Photograph milestone). OriginLouis Daguerre's daguerreotype, the first commercially practical photographic process, was formally announced in Paris on 7 January 1839. 1 Place of Origin Primary FormatA still image fixed by recording light 1 Typical DistributionPhysical prints historically; overwhelmingly digital files captured on digital cameras and smartphones and shared online today 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The camera obscura precedes photography; it belongs here as the optical ancestor of the photographic camera.
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Wikimedia FoundationHistory of photography, 1832 to 1840 sectionQuote, History of photography, 1832 to 1840 section
On 7 January 1839, this first complete practical photographic process was announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences, and the news quickly spread.
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Wikimedia FoundationPublic announcement sectionQuote, Public announcement section
At a joint meeting of the French Academy of Sciences and the Academie des Beaux-Arts held at the Institut de France on Monday, 19 August 1839
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Wikimedia FoundationHistory of photography, 1832 to 1840: Early monochrome processes sectionQuote, History of photography, 1832 to 1840: Early monochrome processes section
Niepce in Chalon-sur-Saone and Louis Daguerre in Paris refined the bitumen process
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Wikimedia FoundationPhotography, lead sectionQuote, Photography, lead section
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light
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Wikimedia FoundationPhotography, Digital sectionQuote, Photography, Digital section
Digital photography dominates the 21st century. More than 99% of photographs taken around the world are through digital cameras, increasingly through smartphones.
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Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: Celluloid Roll Film, History sectionView the Source National Science and Media Museum Official Site
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