Camera Obscura Room

Camera Obscura Room

The 11th century is considered as the beginning of the history of photography as this was the period when an Iraqi scientist invented the camera obscura. In the 17th century, a portable camera obscura was created. The first permanent photograph was captured in 1826.

he origins of modern photography are fascinating and this article looks at the early history and the work of the photography pioneers. The forerunner to photography was the ability by artists to trace scenes onto canvas with the aid of projected images. They were able to do this from as early as the 16th century using the camera obscura and the camera lucida.

Camera Obscura Room