A stroll through the history of camera
Ever wondered what makes a photo so popular?? Not because it can send the social media buzzing with activity, but mainly because it’s the only boon at our disposal to freeze time. For all those who espouse travelling, a camera is more than an equipment, its an inseparable part of their routine, more so for those who call themselves professionals. But while we hide behind the camera and look at the world the way it is, ready to freeze it into a frame, how many times have we thought that the very handy camera that we use now was as big as anyone of us. Though hard for the modern chaps to believe, but its true that at one point of time a camera had a cloth to cover the photographer. All said and done, nevertheless, the journey has been exciting. Here is a simple effort to piece together various important phases in the evolution of camera. And no, this idea of the scripting the history of camera didn’t come out of the blue. Somewhere smack in between Chennai and Pondicherry, is...