Phunky Phacts about Photography

• George Eastman named his company Kodak after the sound he thought the camera shutter made.
• George Eastman also pioneered the first photographic film.
  
• The earliest surviving photograph took eight hours to expose.
• The first color photo was taken in 1861.
  
• The first permanent photograph was made in 1826, using a wooden box and chalk.
• The word "photography" comes from the words for Greek "light" and "stylus", "paintbrush" or "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light."