'Birth of Tripods' explores the unsung hero of photography: the tripod. It reveals how this seemingly simple device revolutionized the art form by enabling camera stabilization, which was crucial for early photographic processes like the daguerreotype that required long exposure times. Before tripods, capturing images was a cumbersome process, but this technology unlocked new creative possibilities and played a pivotal role in shaping photographic aesthetics. Readers will discover how tripo ...