Photography Badge #26
November 1st, 2016
Optional 26 wanted me to research two people who made contributions to the history of photography and how they furthered technological or artistic aspect of photography.
My two people are: Nicéphore Niépce and Alfred Stieglitz.
Nicéphore Niépce's contribution/technological futherment: He is believed to be the first person to invent photography by his invention of heliography, (sun drawing), with a camera. Also by making permanent images from photography.
Information websites: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicephore-Niepce and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce
Alfred Stieglitz's contribution/artistic aspect of photography: by making photography a form of art that would be accepted throughout his career. Alfred also learned how photography used chemistry in making fine artistic photographs.
Information websites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stgp/hd_stgp.htm, and http://iphf.org/inductees/alfred-stieglitz/
