In the nineteenth century, innovation and the invention of new technologies took off. From the nineteenth century until World War I, more inventions and innovations occurred than in any other period in history. From the concept of time, to the improvement of transportation and even the telephone; the camera has certainly left its mark on history. By 1839, the camera had gradually become the new primary medium used in the nineteenth century. It was the invention that changed art and gave everyone a new way to represent themselves to the world. Gay-Lussac called it “a new art form in a new civilization.” The photograph represented Paris in three main ways. New technology influenced a new way of painting in which the artist began to capture subjects in action instead of in a still pose. And with the daguerreotype available to all, it was becoming easy to travel to Paris for events. Ordinary working class people and artists go to Paris to see the city and bring the images home. And finally, because of the way the photography depicted Paris, the tourism industry began to grow and gave the city of Paris the money and inspiration to rebuild their city into the city we imagine, a city full of change, innovation and excitement. camera obscura was “an optical device that projects an image of the surrounding environment onto a screen. It is used in drawing and entertainment and was one of the inventions that led to photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole on one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and hits an internal surface where it is reproduced, upside down, but with color and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper and can then be... in the center of the paper... travel on itself so it can leave its mark on the world map. Millions of people still go to Paris today to get the image that best represents Paris, but the photograph will forever represent all the cities and countries visited by others. Works Cited1) Bajac, Quentin, Elizabeth Siegal and Francesco Zanot. Photography: The Origins 1839- 1890. Milan, Italy: Skira Editore, 2010.2) Benjamin, Walter. Paris-The capital of the 19th century. Illuminationen: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, www.nowherelabs.dreamhosters/paris capital.pdf (accessed 28 November 2013).3) Cohen PhD, Kathleen, James Bonacci and Judy Parsons. San Jose State University, accessed December 3, 2013. gallery.sjsu.edu/paris/mass_produced_art/frameBIBLIO.htm.4) Markwood, Jill. "The influence of photography on painting." Accessed November 4, 2012. www.agorajournal.org/2010/Markwood.pdf.