“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
“Life is a journey, photography is thy shepherd.” ― Destin Sparks
“What can be proved by a photograph, can never be by a word.” ― T.A
INTERESTING FACTS
The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Maxwell, the British physicist.
The longest photographic negative in the world is 129 feet and was created by Esteban Pastorino Diaz.
The largest collection of cameras in the world is held by Dilish Parekh of Mumbai, India. He has a collection of 4,425 antique cameras which he has been collecting since 1977.
The word photography derives from the Greek words ‘photos’ – meaning light and ‘graphien’ – to draw.
The owner of Kodak (George Eastman) named his company after the sound the he thought the camera shutter made.
In the early stages of photography, many subjects had to hold the same position for up to 20 minutes so the picture could develop properly.
