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TYPE · 9 DEVICES
1839–2000

Early photography

The dawn of photography: daguerreotypes, calotypes, and wet plate processes that captured the world for the first time.

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01 / THE CAMERAS

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9 DEVICES · 1839–2000
Daguerreotype sample1839Daguerreotype1839, First PhotographsVoigtländer Petzval sample1841Voigtländer PetzvalFirst Mathematically Computed LensCyanotype Print sample1842Cyanotype PrintSun-Printed Blueprint PhotographyPinhole Camera sample1850Pinhole CameraNo Lens, Pure DiffractionWet Plate Collodion sample1851Wet Plate CollodionGlass Plate Negative, Silver TonesAmbrotype sample1854AmbrotypeGlass Plate Positive, Ghostly Milky TonesTintype sample1856TintypeIron Plate, Chocolate Brown TonesKodak No. 1 sample1888Kodak No. 1First Consumer Roll Film CameraVoigtländer Bessa R sample2000Voigtländer Bessa R35mm Rangefinder, Color-Skopar 35mm f/2.5
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