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The Oldest Photographs in the World

Neil Dinsmore
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A collection of the world's oldest and first of their kind photographs, charting the evolution of photography from inception to modern day. Music: “Open Sea Morning” by Puddle of Infinity. Check out my other channel for future Curiosity Vault videos!    / @curiosityvaultofficial   #OldPhotos #OldestEver #CuriosityVault ...more
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The Oldest Photographs in the World

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Earliest known surviving heliographic engraving by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.

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"View from the Window at Le Gras" by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce is the world's first heliographic camera photograph.

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Positive from the oldest existing camera negative. "Latticed Window at Lacock Abbey" by William Henry Fox Talbot.

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1837 World's first daguerreotype photograph, "L'Atelier de l'artiste" by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre.

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Earliest photograph of people, Boulevard du Temple by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre.

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Robert Cornelius takes the first self portrait.

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Earliest photograph of a woman. John William Draper's portrait of his sister; Dorothy Catherine Draper.

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John William Draper takes the first detailed photograph of the full moon.

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First daguerreotype of the sun taken by French physicists Hippolyte Fizeau and Léon Foucault.

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World's first underwater photograph is taken by William Thompson.

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Oldest surviving aerial photograph, "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It" by James Wallace Black.

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First colour photograph, "Tartan Ribbon" is taken by James Clerk Maxwell and Thomas Sutton.

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World's first coloured landscape photograph, "Landscape of Southern France" by Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron.

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1882 First photograph of lightning is taken by William N. Jennings on 2nd September.

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Louis Boutan takes the first photograph to be shot while submerged underwater.

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World's first underwater colour photograph. "Hogfish" by Dr. William Longley and Charles Martin.

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First ever photograph taken from space. Shot by US sub orbital V-2 rocket #13 on 24th October.

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World's first digital photograph. Russell A. Kirsch's photo of his son, Walden.

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1972 First full view photograph of the Earth, "The Blue Marble" taken by Apollo 17 on 7th December.

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"Les Horribles Cernettes" is the first photographic image to be published on the internet.

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2013 Most expensive photograph ever sold. Peter Lik's "Phantom" sells for $6.5 million in 2014.

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The Oldest Photographs in the World
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A collection of the world's oldest and first of their kind photographs, charting the evolution of photography from inception to modern day. Music: “Open Sea Morning” by Puddle of Infinity. Check out my other channel for future Curiosity Vault videos!    / @curiosityvaultofficial   #OldPhotos #OldestEver #CuriosityVault

Neil Dinsmore

14.7K subscribers