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1860s

12 effects · The decade marks introduction, breakthrough or wide use

  • 31

    Double Exposure

    Ghost photography as a business in the 1860s

  • 32

    Soft Focus

    Cameron's influential portraits from 1864 onwards

  • 33

    Hand Coloring

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

  • 34

    Portrait Vignette

    Studio and portrait cards in the 19th century

  • 35

    Tintype

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

  • 36

    Pepper’s Ghost

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

  • 37

    Spirit Photography

    1861, William Mumler's portraits

  • 38

    Woodburytype

    1864, Walter Bentley Woodbury's patent

  • 39

    Carbon Print

    1864, Joseph Swan's perfected transfer process

  • 40

    Schlieren Photography

    1864, August Toepler's optical experiments

  • 41

    Photosculpture

    1860, François Willème’s process

  • 42

    Flip Book

    1868, John Barnes Linnett’s kineograph patent

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