The First Photograph in History Of A Human Being

Taken in 1838 in Paris, this is the earliest known photo of a human being. Photographer Louis Daguerre took the picture with around seven minutes of exposure time. Take a closer look. Can you see the man? Public Domain via Wikipedia He’s standing in the bottom-left, having his boots shined. Although the image appears deserted, … Read more

How Artists in 1899-1910 Thought The World Be Like In The Year 2000

En L’An 2000 or In the Year 2000 is a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté and other artists issued in France in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910. According to The Public Domain Review, the pictures were “originally in the form of paper cards enclosed in cigarette/cigar boxes and, later, as postcards, the images … Read more