The Evolution of Cameras

The project is a short animated video showing the evolution of cameras, from the pinhole camera to the smartphone. Through this project, I wanted to showcase the way cameras, and in turn, photography has changed from the late 19th century to today. To showcase this I have worked with flat, vector motion graphics to create a simplistic chronological visual piece that shows the various cameras that have broken boundaries and have changed the definition of what a is a camera, and in a larger sense, what photography has become.
Camera technology has been evolving at a rapid pace in the last 100 years. Most of the development has been between the 1900s and now. They were first used as a means of documentation. They were a device that facilitated the keeping of records.
The ones that became popular and a part of the history or present of cameras is due to some of the other major advancement facilitated by their invention. Cameras definitely play an important role in the daily life of millions of people. They use them to capture moments from their life in the form of photographs, for emotional beings such as humans; they also tend to hold sentimental value to them.
It took a great deal of time to make the camera that we use today, be it as a small module on our smartphones or compact point and shoot cameras or the mighty DSLRs. Created in May 2018 for a semester term examination in 2 weeks.