![]() However, after World War I the military was not ordering cameras and Fairchild needed to find a new market. The Fairchild camera was so well designed it was the standard of aerial photography for 50 years. Sherman Fairchild developed an aerial camera system which greatly improved photo clarity and included the ability to set the interval at which photos could be taken. Military uses of aerial photography expedited advancements in airplane and photograph technology. In 1909 he took an aerial photo of Centrocelli, Italy. Wilbur Wright is credited with the first aerial photo taken from an airplane. George Lawrence-Prints & Photographs Divison/Library of Congress Around this time kites were a popular method for aerial photography. This famous photo documented the results of the 1906 earthquake. ![]() In 1906 a photo of San Francisco was taken using several kites strung together. These included the successful (and patented ) use of carrier pigeons with breast-mounted cameras in 1903 and an attempt in 1906 to use a rocket to launch a camera which returned to earth with a parachute.Ĭarrier Pigeons with Breast-mounted Camera James Wallace Black, Metropolitan Museum of ArtĪs wet plates were replaced by a new technology, dry plates that did not require immediate developing, experimentation began with new aerial photography platforms. Black’s photo is the oldest known aerial photograph still in existence. In 1860, James Wallace Black similarly photographed Boston from a hot air ballon. Nadar tethered this balloon 80 meters above the ground and took a photo of Petit-Becetre, France. So, in 1858 a Frenchman name Gaspar Felix Tournachon (who later went by “Nadar”) outfitted the basket of a hot air ballon with a camera, darkroom and all the equipment and materials need to develop the photographic plates. The development of wet plates allowed for much shorter exposure times but required the photographic plate to be exposed and developed in only twenty minutes. Other than placing a camera on top of a building or on a hill, there was no practical solution for keeping a camera stationary for long periods of time while high above the ground. The technology at the time (daguerreotypes, also known as tintypes) required very long exposure times with the camera remaining stationary during exposure. Looking Back – A Very Brief History of Aerial PhotographyĪerial photography is believed to have its origin in 1839 with a photo of Paris, France taken from the roof of a tall building. The imagery displayed on our website is entirely vertical aerial photography, taken straight down as opposed to oblique photographs, taken at an angle. View of Atlantic City, New Jersey in the year 1920 The oldest aerial imagery in our collection is believed to be dated 1920 and was taken along the State of New Jersey Atlantic shore from Cape May to Sea Bright and Sandy Hook. None of the imagery was captured from satellite. All of the aerial photography displayed in our website was taken from aircraft. Getting Started –Aerial Photography and Our CollectionĮverything you should know or questions we are often asked about aerial photography and our collection.
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