First photo of a human being?
Now, I guess we’ll never know for sure, but this is suspected to be the first photograph of a human being. Yes, it looks like an old street scene, but if you look carefully…
Image: www.hokumburg.com
It was taken by the inventor of the daguerreotype, Louis Daguerre, in Paris in 1838. According to Hokumburg.com’s post here, Daguerre exposed metal that was chemically treated for a few minutes.
So, could this eerie looking figure be the first ever to have his picture taken? And even struck a pose!
Read more on the processes used here.
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