A simple sealed rectangular metal box, 13cm tall with a single fixed focus lens on the front and a frame counter window on the back. On top and on side of the camera are two angled mirrors placed to act as viewfinders allowing the photographer to view their shot.

the box camera, quite possibly the most important camera ever made. Before this camera, photography was known to be rather inconvenient, cumbersome and would require an exposure time of a number of minutes. Designed to accompany people through their daily lives, even through war. Since these cameras were so small and light enough they were able to fit in a solders bag, allowing them to document their lives in the trenches. Photography was growing and became an everyday activity. Normal life was able to be captured rather than professionally posed dioramas that required subjects to stay unnaturally still.

around 1880 George Eastman invented his first Kodak Camera it could take 100 photographs and cost $25. Twelve years later Frank Brownell designed a similar kodak, however, the film was able to be removed and developed through Kodak stores, chemists or even at your own home. When this camera came out, unlike the first one you could purchase the camera and film for a pricey $1, and get your images developed for $2. Thanks to this not only was photography portable and easy to use but it was affordable to0.

My camera the Eclair Lux came out later in France in the 1940s however just like Kodak and brownie boxes this too was quite a popular camera at the time and can even be found on eBay today for 40-50 euros.