Person

George Eastman

George Eastman is associated with the development of Photography. George Eastman’s roll-film systems and Kodak camera later integrated manufacture, exposure and processing into consumer service.

Period
1851
Known for
Photography
Historical contribution

What Eastman contributed

George Eastman’s roll-film systems and Kodak camera later integrated manufacture, exposure and processing into consumer service.

Why it mattered

Preserves detailed selected visual traces for later inspection and reproduction.

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Evidence

Sources and further reading

  1. histories of collodion, gelatin dry plates and industrial photography

    National Science and Media Museum

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