PHOTOS THROUGH HISTORY

BY CYNTHIA BRITTAIN

First Photograph

In 1826 Joseph Niépce took this photo from the upstairs windows of his estate in the Burgundy region of France. 

1839 - Robert Cornelius

First Selfie

First President Photo in 1843

James Clerk Maxwell in 1861 

First Color Photograph

1923

May 6, 1937

1937

August 14, 1945

1945

1955

First Digital Photograph - 1957

20 years before Kodak’s engineer invented the first digital camera

1958

1961

Who is this popular figure?

1963

1965

July 20, 1969

1995

2011

208,300 photos are uploaded to the internet every ______ .

What’s Next?

HDR

Panoramic

What kind of photos do you remember through history?

What photos will you take to document your history?