William H.F. Talbot .
William Henry Fox Talbot was an English physicist and also a pioneer in photography. He is responsible for discovering the calotype process in photography.
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William Henry fox talbot
1841
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Hey Mr. Foo's Student,The answer to this is:Negatives, and the calotype process.Have fun, it's a great class.
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The invention of photography is subject to some debate. Joseph Nicephore Niepce(1765-1833) created the first photograph on a glass plate using a camera obscura in 1826. His associate Louis Daguerre(1787-1851) invented the worlds first widely used photographic process, known as the Daguerreotype in 1839. At the same time in England, William Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was attempting to create a permanent record of an image, he announced his calotype process in 1841. The English claim to have truly invented photography since Fox Talbots's was the first negative-positive process from which any number of prints could be made.
It's used to make black and white photos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotype
A calotype is another name for a talbotype - an early photograph produced on paper and coated with silver iodide.
observatuion
In the time of Kodak founder George Eastman, photography was a complicated process. It required a "pack-horse load" of equipment, plus significant training and skill. Eastman introduced the No. 1 Kodak camera with the catchy slogan "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest", and revolutionized photography by providing the public a camera that was easy and fun to use.