Erasmus Folly
11-08-14, 01:54 AM
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Don't know if you have seen this before but it is historically interesting. A number of historians think it is the 1st photo of a human being. The date is 1838. Taken by Louis Daguerre and entitled "Boulevard du Temple" in Paris. The streets are not empty but filled with persons and vehicles that are moving too fast for the seven minute exposure. The two figures in the lower left corner are of a man getting his boots shined by a bootblack and thus are relatively stable.
Who is this man and what is his story? A fertile field for the imagination.
Don't know if you have seen this before but it is historically interesting. A number of historians think it is the 1st photo of a human being. The date is 1838. Taken by Louis Daguerre and entitled "Boulevard du Temple" in Paris. The streets are not empty but filled with persons and vehicles that are moving too fast for the seven minute exposure. The two figures in the lower left corner are of a man getting his boots shined by a bootblack and thus are relatively stable.
Who is this man and what is his story? A fertile field for the imagination.