History of Medical Photography

Visual Data in Education and Health Research: Historical Reflections and Current Prognostications

“…Two hundred years ago, we see the development of the first photos in the example of the dageurreotype , moving soon to gelatin wet/dry glass plate negatives, the polaroid, and eventually to digital photography. 8 Over time, the use of photography progressed through the aid of technical developments, and in order to produce “digital photography, telemedicine, 3D imaging, mole mapping, … high resolution digital files…coming a long way from the [original] flash.” 9 Photography in the 1800s was quickly accepted as a visual medium in which the photographer could represent “reality,” as oil paintings and drawings before had solely tried to do. Pasquali 8 states that in fact, physicians and scientists were among the first to take photographs, alongside police and crime detection units.…”

“… 8 Over time, the use of photography progressed through the aid of technical developments, and in order to produce “digital photography, telemedicine, 3D imaging, mole mapping, … high resolution digital files…coming a long way from the [original] flash.” 9 Photography in the 1800s was quickly accepted as a visual medium in which the photographer could represent “reality,” as oil paintings and drawings before had solely tried to do. Pasquali 8 states that in fact, physicians and scientists were among the first to take photographs, alongside police and crime detection units. For example, early phrenologists began to create visual profiles of the typical criminal 10 , 11 and interest in depictions of the dead developed.…”

Photography in dermatology: Basic concepts

“…Conflict of Interest Dr. Paola Pasquali is the editor of "Photography in Clinical Medicine", a book on medical photography. (Pasquali, P. (2020). Photography in Clinical Medicine (1 st ed.…”

“…is is the main reason why photography was so well accepted by the medical community: it was an objective representation of reality. [2] It has taken almost 200 years of actively working with medical photography to realize that it is probably not as objective as we believed it was, when it first appeared. And still, we have entered an era where images are the new language: we substitute our feelings with emotions; we examine, diagnose and even operate patients through images, teaching and learning mostly relay on them.…”

Videos for Psychiatric Education

“…It is about 200 years since Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first photograph, catapulting iterations of innovation in image making -daguerreotypes, glass negatives, flash bulbs, movies, portable cameras, and digital technology (Pasquali, 2020). Each invention broke through strictures that previously had been thought insurmountable.…”