Engraving depicting a camera obscura, 1664. From Technica curiosa by Gaspar Schott (1608-1666). The camera obscura (dark chamber) is the ancestor of the photographic camera. Light was allowed into a small darkened box through a tiny hole. An inverted image appeared on the inside wall of the outer scene. This was used for viewing solar eclipses and (from the 16th century) as a drawing aid. Eventually an angled mirror was introduced so that the image could be seen the right way up. A light-sensitive plate introduced by Joseph Nicephore Niepce allowed the image to be preserved, thus creating modern photography. Coloured. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University |
Taille de l’image : | 2580 px × 3574 px |
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