How I Got to Here

The Story of How I Became a Digital Artist & a First-hand Witness to Photographic History at the Eastman Kodak Company
by Peter J. Sucy

During a nearly 28 year career with Kodak, Peter was involved with advanced technologies like video imaging, digital photography, computer graphics, desktop publishing, systems design, software design, thermal printing, interoperability and 3D imaging. From 1985 to 1990, Peter shared a cubicle wall with Steve Sasson, inventor of the first digital camera in 1975. They would collaborate on numerous white papers for product advancement and push for the transition to digital (and computer-based photography) during this period. This period and this group was the genesis of digital photography at Eastman Kodak. This new Kodak Division, called the Electronic Photography Division, was founded in 1986 shortly after Kodak lost the Polaroid Instant Film suit. Prior to that it was known as the Consumer Electronics Division.
These tiles represent events selected by Peter that had an impact on his art and some that impacted the future of digital photography.

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Ektagraphic Super 8mm Movie Camera
Animated Chess Movie
Monroe Community College
Stage Lighting
Olympus OM1 35mm Camera
Rochester Institiute of Technology
Kodak Logo
Making Movies
Film Board of Canada
Movies on a  Shoestring Award
Beseler Computer Head
Macintosh
MacPaint
35mm Half Frame Design
MusicWorks
Mac Network
ThunderScan
Calibration
Vicom Lab
Connector Dilemma
PRint Test
Pagemaker
SV7500 Gen II
MacEditor - Film/Video Editor
Digital Camera
MacPeripherals
Megavision
Optical Presentation Device
Adobe Illustrator
Digital Audio Video
3DApps
Still Video System
Electronic Imaging System Proposal
Megapixel Transfer Stand
SV630 Interface Kit
Hypercard
Camera Acquire Module
SV7500 Hypercard Stack
Image Archives System
BarneyScan Scanner
BarneyScanXP
MIT Media Lab
ColorSqueeze
4th Photographic Congress
Digital Strategy!
XL7700
Apple Logo
MacWorld
Image Magic
Center fpr Creative Imaging
L-309
Patent #4164813
Photoflo
DCS460
InterOperability Lab
Digital Products Bulletin Board System
Electronic Imaging System Proposal
Megapixel Transfer Stand
Kodak Logo
Rochester Institiute of Technology
Rochester Institiute of Technology
Rochester Institiute of Technology
Rochester Institiute of Technology
Rochester Institiute of Technology

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