Kodak moments were born toward the end of the 19th century, ushering in an age of populist art and memory via snapshots.
The Kodak Company , founded by Robert Eastman in 1888 , is widely accredit for bringing picture taking to the masses . Eastman pioneer the use of photographic film and ‘ film rolls ’ that would promptly take the place of collodion and gelatin teetotal plates .
With the advent of photographic plastic film , and the outlet of his $ 25 photographic camera ( valued at $ 600 today ) simply known as the Kodak No . 1 , Robert Eastman institute a unexampled world of verbalism and disingenuous documentation to the vulgar hobbyist .
One of the Kodak camera ’s major advance was that even at the $ 25 price shred , it came preloaded with 100 exposures . At the oddment of the 100 - shot paradiddle , the customer would then return the camera to Kodak to have their photos develop and receive another roll of film .
Baby elephant and its keeper.
In a photographic world define by the immediacy of Instagram and Snapchat , this lengthy process of receiving and sharing moments is nearly abysmal .
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Eastman would later release an even more low-priced camera to the mart . At a mere price of $ 1 , the unexampled cardboard - box - ground Kodak Brownie camera transformed Eastman ’s small into a full - squander outside sensation . With its low price and incredible informality of habit , it was the Brownie that us photo picture - obsessed ilk can give thanks for first introducing us to the traditional ' snapshot . '
Over personal photography ’s 125 twelvemonth history , the devices and methods we use to take pictures have naturally develop along with our technological advancements and tastes . Thanks to the National Media Museum ’s Flickr Commons collection , we can now glimpse into the origins of our courting with " exigent " picture taking , as well as one of the world ’s first populist fine art forms . All photos included were taken between 1888 and 1890 .
