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A Brief History of Light & Photography By Rick Doble

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posted on 2016-10-04, 07:02 authored by Rick DobleRick Doble
This fully illustrated 23 page paper traces the history of photography and our understanding of light from prehistoric times to the present day and also speculates about the future. From Aristotle to Einstein the camera is much older than most realize. Because photography can record fine detail and freeze a moment of the past, it has also transformed our modern understanding of time and also provided a record of the past which was previously unavailable.

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