Girls on Film
On the 2nd of May, 1887, the Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film.
Plastics Historical Society page about Hannibal Goodwin says:
He took up photography so that he could produce his own illustrations for his talks. He experimented with cellulose nitrate as a less fragile material than glass for making lantern slides and in 1887, the year he retired from the church he had served for 20 years, Goodwin filed a patent for “a photographic pellicle and process of producing same … especially in connection with roller cameras”.
In 1900, Goodwin set up the Goodwin Film & Camera Co. but before film production had started he was involved in a street accident near a construction site and died from his injuries. His patent was sold to Ansco who successfully sued Eastman Kodak for infringement of the patent and were awarded $5,000,000.
On the 2nd of May, 2009, Twitter users took photographs all over the world with their digital cameras and then submitted them to @satscenes!
Take a look:
- Kihei, Maui
- Atlanta, GA
- Brighton
- La Cala
- West Scotland
- Hameln
- Saville Gardens
- Vienna
- Gold Rush
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Tufertschwil
- Toowoomba
- Olbia, Sardinia
- Worcester
- Worcester
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Zurich
All the cool kids on Twitter are submitting Saturday Scenes. Pop by and tell them hello!
- adhon
- bikerbar
- Pewari
- akrabat
- joannayoung
- Dramagirl
- capo42
- beaverst
- UKMelia
- elibrody
- wolfgang
- sparc
- carocat
- tartanink
- akaSylvia
- ColinBrooks
- LannaGirl
- illuminancy
Why don’t you join us? It’s easy:
- Take a photograph on a Saturday
- Upload the photograph
- Send a tweet to @SatScenes with the url
I’m looking forward to seeing your Saturday Scene in the next edition!