Photography has come a long way since the invention of the Daguerrotypes and the Calotypes. Photographic prints are as important to photography as is the camera. You can have the camera, the technology but if you cant take a photographic print, you cant see how the picture has come out.
Though, with the advent of digital cameras, the use of photographic prints has been taken to the point of becoming obsolete. The Daguerrotype process involved the use of metal sheets and a positive silver image was fixed on top of the metal sheet. William Henry Fox Talbot was the man responsible for moving a step ahead by using a negative through which multiple prints could be made.
Around 1856, Hamilton Smith patented a process termed as Tintypes. The process used a thin sheet of iron as the base to yield a positive image. In 1889, it was made simpler by George Eastman, who realized the true potential of the photography market. He released a film that had a flexible base for easy rolling. The emulsion coated cellulose nitrate film base made the process of shooting images easier.
Now photographers could carry their boxed cameras without worrying about the large and...
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