1860s

Double Exposure
Ghost photography as a business in the 1860s

Soft Focus
Cameron's influential portraits from 1864 onwards

Hand Coloring
Photography has existed since early times, refined in Japan from the 1860s onwards.

Portrait Vignette
Studio and portrait cards in the 19th century

Tintype
From 1856 onwards; popular portrait photography of the 1860s and beyond

Pepper’s Ghost
1860s: popular stage illusion; later film and live performance

Spirit Photography
1861, William Mumler's portraits

Woodburytype
1864, Walter Bentley Woodbury's patent

Carbon Print
1864, Joseph Swan's perfected transfer process

Schlieren Photography
1864, August Toepler's optical experiments

Photosculpture
1860, François Willème’s process

Flip Book
1868, John Barnes Linnett’s kineograph patent