Stop taking selfies on your smartphone and appreciate some history!
The field of photography can be considered an art, science, and skill. It has the power to transform our world as well as document our history, yet it's become so common we often forget its immense impact on our daily lives.
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Photograph (1826)
Joseph Niepce, a French inventor and pioneer in photography, is generally credited with producing the first photograph. Niepce’s photograph shows a view from the Window at Le Gras, and it only took eight hours of exposure time.
Image Of A Human Being (est.1838-1839)
“Boulevard du Temple”, taken by Louis Daguerre in Paris, was the first photograph containing the image of a person. You can see the man getting his boots polished in the bottom left corner.
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