5 Oldest Photographs Of All Time Reveal Compelling History
Engrossing stories behind world’s earliest known photographs.
These days we take photos for granted because of the ease of taking them, and especially after the advancements in the smartphone area, anyone with a phone can take pictures and store a small part of history in it.
Taking pictures was not as easy back in the day. Still, passionate photographers were on their feet, doing whatever they could to capture a moment that would be a part of history.
Things were much worse if one’s subject was a person. The subject had to stand for more than 15 minutes, and this was at the end of the 18th century.
The first photo that was ever let’s say, got printed took a whopping 8 hours — below you will find some of the oldest photographs that were ever taken.
1) 1826, The Oldest Photograph That Exists
The picture that you see above is the oldest known photograph in existence. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the photo in the year 1826.
