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History of silver halide photography
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Anwyl, Robert D. Formerly, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.
Walworth, Vivian K. Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.510500
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The history of a traditional method of photography which used the action of light to bring about changes in silver halide crystals. Silver-halide photography has largely been supplanted by digital photography.
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