I found this in one of those old "Life" books series. This edition is called "Light and Vision." (1970)

Attached is what the book claims is the world's first photograph made in 1826 by Nicephore Niepce from a window in his estate in France... "For "film" Niepce used a sensitized pewter plate and he got a blurred image of the rooftops outlined above. This photograph is usually retouched to make it legible, but the version shown here is what it really looks like."

Photo is the top one, not the partial one on the bottom. The drawing to the right of the photograph shows better what was photographed.

Oh how photography has evolved.

wow, that's cool. Photography has really changed and improved a lot since then!

Thanks for posting that - that's cool!

Yah - people used to have to sit still for ages for a picture to be taken. That's why in a lot of the old portraits you didn't see them smile - they couldn't hold one that long.

From the same book... the caption reads:

"A silver-on-copper plate made light-sensitive with silver iodide recorded this image of a Paris street, a daguerreotype made by L.J.M. Daguerre in 1839. It includes the first human ever photographed- a man having his shoes shined (right, foreground). The street was bustling but only this man was still long enough to be visible during the five-minute exposure."

Yah - people used to have to sit still for ages for a picture to be taken. That's why in a lot of the old portraits you didn't see them smile - they couldn't hold one that long.
They also didn't smile because there was no Internet back then. ;)

Thanks for posting that - that's cool!

Yah - people used to have to sit still for ages for a picture to be taken. That's why in a lot of the old portraits you didn't see them smile - they couldn't hold one that long.
I heard they had "iron clamps" in the back to keep your spine straight and head up, too. :lol:

Thanks for sharing, Fleet! :)

wow, that's cool. Photography has really changed and improved a lot since then!
Yeah, I would say it's "slightly" better now!

Yeah, I would say it's "slightly" better now!


Oh more than that! I always think even my dad would be amazed now with the equipment and digital cameras. He and his brother were professional photographers. I remember seeing pictures of his brother using one of those huge, boxy black cameras with the cape thrown over the photographer! The little cameras and camera phones they have out now would floor them.

this is cool. thanks. we all learn something new everyday.

yea, when I took an art course, we learned all about the daguerreotypes from the 1830's and 1840's and also looked at the said photograph. It is really cool to go back and see this type of stuff

I remember seeing pictures of his brother using one of those huge, boxy black cameras with the cape thrown over the photographer! The little cameras and camera phones they have out now would floor them.
What? Boxy black cameras with a cape? I thought they stopped using that around 1930?

this is cool. thanks. we all learn something new everyday.
Yeah, even Homer would be impressed (or Lisa, at least).

Here is an optical illusion from the same book. Which way is up?

cool

Here's a remastered version of the world's first photo.

http://www.xtcian.com/1stPictureKodak2crop(bg).jpg

Those photos are fascinating Fleet. The second one of the street is amazing. I like looking at pictures of the Civil War too. My husband's a buff and has a lot of books about it.

I wonder if Ashlee (*Pleasant Tomorrow*) can find the first stickmen drawing? :)

I wonder if Ashlee (*Pleasant Tomorrow*) can find the first stickmen drawing? :)
It's in my cavehouse. I'll go take a photo of it.

It's in my cavehouse. I'll go take a photo of it.Cavemen also liked to reflect everyday life in their art. Here is a simple man flinging dung.

Note the primitive colors used from primitive dyes...or that could just be real crap smeared onto the wall. Either one.

Cavemen also liked to reflect everyday life in their art. Here is a simple man flinging dung.

Note the primitive colors used from primitive dyes...or that could just be real crap smeared onto the wall. Either one.
LMMFAO!!!!! :brent

Cavemen also liked to reflect everyday life in their art. Here is a simple man flinging dung.

Note the primitive colors used from primitive dyes...or that could just be real crap smeared onto the wall. Either one.
:rotflmao: :lol:

Looks like good old-fashioned crap to me, but who really knows. It was so long ago.

Here's a remastered version of the world's first photo.

That's the one! Thanks for the link. :)

Cavemen also liked to reflect everyday life in their art. Here is a simple man flinging dung.

Note the primitive colors used from primitive dyes...or that could just be real crap smeared onto the wall. Either one.
:brent :rotflmao:

what is that suposed to be?

What? Boxy black cameras with a cape? I thought they stopped using that around 1930?

Well my dad was born in 1926 and his brother was 14 years older than him so he would have just be on the tail-end of those cameras. If I ever come across the photo, I'll post it.

Come to think of it, I'm sure I've seen other photos of big name photographers who were still using that style into the 50s and maybe even early 60s. I think there was something special about it (other than it being outdated of course). Maybe they were a little faster by then at least.

Yup - we've sure come a long way!

Cavemen also liked to reflect everyday life in their art. Here is a simple man flinging dung.

Note the primitive colors used from primitive dyes...or that could just be real crap smeared onto the wall. Either one.

:rofl:

Wow those pics are cool!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing them :)


I love history..........

Here's a remastered version of the world's first photo.

http://www.xtcian.com/1stPictureKodak2crop(bg).jpgTo me that one doesnt look as nice as the original......