CAMERAS WERE INVENTED TO PRESERVE AN IMAGE. TO SAVE A SPECIAL MOMENT IN LIFE AND CAPTURE IT FOR A LIFE-TIME. BEFORE CAMERAS WERE INVENTED, PEOPLE HAD TO DRAW AND PAINT INORDER TO CAPTURE A PIECE OF HISTORY. DURING THOSE TIMES MANY SELF PORTRAITS WERE DRAWN. MUCH OF HISTORY WAS LOSTAND NOT PRESERVED WHEN CAMERAS WERE NOT AROUND.
ONCE CAMERAS WERE INVENTED OUR LIVES BECAME EASIER. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AN ARTIST TO CAPTURE LIFE AND SAVE IT FOREVER. NOW REGULAR FAMILIES COULD HAVE MANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR FAMILIES. THEY COULD CAPTURE EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE AND HISTORY WOULD BE CHANGED FOREVER.