188-Year-Old Mystery of Photography's First Human Subjects Solved news.artnet.com 38 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago
InsideOutSanta 1 hour ago It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
WhyComboNadir 2 hours ago I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6 pvo50555 2 hours ago That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
pvo50555 2 hours ago That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
tocs3 3 days ago The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque? justincormack 2 hours ago I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout. voidUpdate 2 hours ago Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human
justincormack 2 hours ago I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
voidUpdate 2 hours ago Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human
wazoox 59 minutes ago The earliest photograph is more than 10 years older :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce#/me... aaronbrethorst 7 minutes ago Yeah, this photo from Daguerre is the first one known to feature a human subject, not the first photo.
aaronbrethorst 7 minutes ago Yeah, this photo from Daguerre is the first one known to feature a human subject, not the first photo.
It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6
That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque?
I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.
https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human
The earliest photograph is more than 10 years older :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce#/me...
Yeah, this photo from Daguerre is the first one known to feature a human subject, not the first photo.