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History of Photography dates back to the early 1800s when the image lovers worked their brains to invent a medium through which real life objects can be captured on a piece of paper. The first recorded permanent photograph was an image by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce produced in 1826 on a polished pewter plate applied with a petroleum derivative called bitumen of Judea.
The history of photography says that captured with a camera, the image required eight long hours of exposure in bright sunshine. Bitumen is a derivative that hardens with exposure to light. The viscous material was then to be washed away and the metal plate polished, delivering a negative image which could then may be coated with ink and impressed upon paper. Following that complex procedure a print is produced. Niépce then in conjunction with Louis Daguerre began an experimentation with silver compounds based on a Johann Heinrich Schultz discovery in 1724. Johann Heinrich Schultz had earlier proved by experimentation that a mixture of silver and chalk darkens being exposed to light.
The monochrome process continued for years after which the colored image came into effect. The history of photography took a new turn with the advent of color photography. Though in the earlier stage the color images faded very fast. The first color image recorded in history of photography is an image by Maxwell in 1861. The first fully practical color plate, Autochrome, reached the market by 1907. Gradually the color images stormed the market with the advancement of technology.
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