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How about to see the world’s oldest photographs, known?

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How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
You see the first known photograph of the world. This photograph, titled View from the window of Le Gras, was taken in 1826. French photographer Joseph Nicéphore called the printing process of this photograph ‘heliography’. It took exactly 8 hours to print this photo.

World’s oldest photographs. Although the term photography first appeared in the early 19th century, Greek mathematicians actually invented it in B.C. He had been designing pinhole-sized cameras since the 4th century.

All of the photographs you will see below are among the firsts, such as the first color photograph, the first photomontage, the first positive print photograph, and the first female portrait. Enjoy watching.

How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
It was made as a direct positive print without using negative. This is called daguerreotype. This technique was discovered by French chemist Louis Daguerre in 1837.
How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
This photo belongs to Dorothy Catherine Draper. The first photograph of a woman was taken in 1839. Frenchman Louis Daguerre was in America in 1839. Chemistry professor John W. Draper built his own camera and took the first human portrait.
How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
The world’s first photomontage… In 1858, Henry Peach Robinson created a single photograph by combining many negatives. Robinson’s first and most famous photograph consists of five negatives. He created this composition around a girl who died of tuberculosis. The name of the photo is ‘Fading Away’.
How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
“The world’s first moving photograph” Photographer Eadweard Muybridge managed to photograph the moment when all four legs of the horse were not on the ground in a horse race. He photographed a horse race step by step by taking a series of photographs with twelve cameras. By combining these, he managed to create the first moving images.
How about to see the world's oldest photographs, known?
The oldest known color photograph was taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872. The photo shows a view from Southern France.

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