Today we think nothing of taking a photograph. Devices that fit in the palm of a hand now allow much of the world’s population to snap a picture. By some estimates, almost 5 billion photos are taken ...

Read about Eastman's entrepreneurial endeavors, photography inventions, financial contributions, retirement and final years.

George Eastman (1854–1932) stands as one of the most consequential figures in the history of photography—not because he invented the medium, but because he changed who it belonged to. Through ...

Photography in the 1870s was anything but easy. Those wishing to capture images had to carry around heavy cameras, brittle glass plates, various chemical bottles, trays, and even portable darkrooms.

1860 February 27: Matthew Brady takes a photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in New York. 1861 In London, James Clerk ...