Smart phone with best camera 20156/26/2023 The world’s first photo, taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 of his window view in Burgundy, France. The basic concept of a pinhole camera Many more incremental steps where achieved throughout the years, some notable ones are Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery that white light is composed of different colors (17th century), Johann Zahn’s vision that cameras will be small and portable (1685), Joseph Nicephore Niepce’s invention of the Heliograph used to produce the earliest known permanent photograph (1826) and more that followed. Centuries later, in 1021 C.E, an Iraqi scientist Alhazen described the camera obscura (image projection) in his optics book, one of the two critical principles for the photography we know today, the second principle being that the exposure to light can cause visibly alternation of some substances. In the 4th century B.C., Greek philosopher Aristotle had discussed the same concept. ![]() where it was discovered that an upside-down image is formed on the opposite wall when viewed through a “pinhole”. ![]() The basic concepts of photography can be traced back to China, 5th century B.C.
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