<description>&lt;p&gt;When light sensitive material is exposed to light, a chemical change happens, but this change isn’t necessarily visible. This idea is perhaps part of why early photographers &amp;#8211; and early viewers of photographic images &amp;#8211; had a hard time with the concept of the latent image, yet it was one of the most important components of the technology of photography in its infancy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix.jpg"&gt;&lt;img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1900" src="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix-640x418.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="418" srcset="https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix-640x418.jpg 640w, https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix.jpg 1001w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

History of Photography Podcast

Jeff Curto

History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image

JUN 2, 2015-1 MIN
History of Photography Podcast

History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image

JUN 2, 2015-1 MIN

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<p>When light sensitive material is exposed to light, a chemical change happens, but this change isn’t necessarily visible. This idea is perhaps part of why early photographers &#8211; and early viewers of photographic images &#8211; had a hard time with the concept of the latent image, yet it was one of the most important components of the technology of photography in its infancy.</p> <p><a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1900" src="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix-640x418.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="418" srcset="https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix-640x418.jpg 640w, https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dag6fix.jpg 1001w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>