Actually, a single person did not invent photography. Rather, it is the result of several inventions over the years. Between the 11th and 16th centuries, there was a very basic type of camera that allowed an image to fall on a paper so that it could then be traced by hand. It could not actually take pictures, however. The next step was when the camera was fitted with a lens so that the image became sharper. Then, in 1802, Thomas Wedgwood and Sir Humphrey Davy recorded images on specially coated paper, but they couldn’t make these prints permanent. In the next stage, a crude photographic camera was invented by Joseph Niepce in 1826. With a jewel box and lens, he was able to print a negative image. The first positive images were made by William Talbot in 1835. In 1837 daguerreotype photography introduced. It was the first successful form of photography. Louis Daguerre invented this technique in collaboration with Niepce.
