How digital cameras changed us
The totality of humankind is expected to take more than 1.4 trillion photographs in 2020 — the vast majority of those through mobile phones, and almost all of them digital. The technology has come a long way since 1974, when a young engineer named Steven Sasson “MacGyvered” the first prototype digital camera: a 100-by-100-pixel, toaster-size device that recorded images on a cassette tape. Digital images have become so crucial to scholars’ work that some are starting to wonder whether they should get formal training in digital photography, writes historian Allison Marsh. “Today, people aren’t just watching history. They’re recording it and sharing it in real time.”
IEEE Spectrum | 8 min read
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