Richard Leach Maddox was born in England in the early 1800's. He was a photographer known for his photography of micro organisms under the microscope. After practicing his microphotography for a while, he discovered the lightweight gelatin dry plate process. This was based off of Fredrick Archer's wed plate collodion process. After multiple trials, Maddox's work succeeded and he created a new and improved dry plate process that allowed one to save negatives, and gave people the ability to use commercial dry plates off of the shelf. He ultimately opened the road to cinematography.
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