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41 Of The Most Important Photos In Photography History As They Signal A New Era
Are you ready for a journey through time — one that will take you back to the early days of photography, when capturing a moment on film was nothing short of magic and common folks still had to rely on paintings and drawings to depict the world around them? Buckle up, because we’re about to take you on a wild ride through the history of photography!
We’ve scoured the archives and dug up a series of photos that are not just pictures but genuine milestones in the evolution of photography. From the earliest daguerreotypes to the latest digital masterpieces, photography has evolved and grown in ways that the pioneers of the medium certainly could’ve never imagined.
Sure, they may be nothing special visually, compared to modern-day standards. Most of these are 1800s photos, so the quality is often barely decent and the subjects simple. But who needs crazy high definition when you know you’re making history? You’ll see the oldest photograph ever taken, the first photoshopped picture, the first digital representation of a president, the first solar eclipse on film, and even the first webcam!
When there’s a chance to share our passion for diving into the past with our fellow Pandas, we take it. Whether you’re a photography buff, a history connoisseur, or just someone who appreciates learning new things to pump up your brain with cool tidbits of knowledge, this is a list you won’t want to miss. There are many firsts in photography, so without further ado, let’s dive into this collection of authentic photography milestones!
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#1
Earliest-Born Person To Be Photographed
Hannah Stilley Gorby, born in 1746, holds the title of the earliest-born person ever captured in a photo. To put it in perspective, she was born a decade before Mozart and 23 years before Napoleon Bonaparte, both of whom didn’t live long enough to experience the invention of photography. However, at the ripe age of 94, Gorby posed for a portrait using this new technology in 1840.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Yes, "Earliest-born person to be photographed" would make more sense.
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Jim Carey 2 years ago
President John Adams was born in 1745 and was photographed. https://npg.si.edu/blog/welcome-portrait-gallery-john-quincy-adams
Benjamin Beck 2 years ago
This is simply not true. It is a story that has been thoroughly debunked. See https://benbeck.co.uk/firsts/2_The_Human_Subject/photo1h.htm (scroll about 2/3 of the way down, to find 'The Case of Hannah Stilley Gorby."
The firsts in any field are important as they signal a new era and give hope for new developments in the future. But some firsts are more important and influential than others. To discuss photography Bored Panda reached out to Louis Kaplan, a Professor of History and Theory of Photography and New Media at the University of Toronto as well as author of many books in photography studies including The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer (Minnesota, 2008). His forthcoming book (with Scott Michaelsen) is The Revelations of Xxenogenesis with Metanoia Press.
In his opinion, the most groundbreaking point in photography was when William Henry Fox Talbot discovered how to develop photos from a negative. The Professor said, “Without question, William Henry Fox Talbot’s invention of the positive-negative process at Lacock Abbey at his estate in southern England is the most important breakthrough in the history of photography. It ushers in the age of ‘mechanical reproduction’ (a phrase made famous by the German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin). It made photography the art and the technology that not only copies the world but also multiplies itself ad infinitum.”
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#2
First Selfie (1839)
The very first portrait photograph was actually a selfie! In 1839, Robert Cornelius, a photographer from Philadelphia, had the patience and determination to sit still for 15 minutes, the time needed for a daguerreotype. This resulted in the first clear photograph of a person, the first portrait, and the first ever selfie, all at once.
Janet Howe 2 years ago
Now we know why no one smiled in those old photos. Imagine trying to hold a smile for 15 minutes?
GreythatEnby 2 years ago
Especially when I cant even hold one for 30 seconds
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#3
First Photograph Ever (1826)
The first photo ever taken in history was snapped by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, featuring the picturesque view from his window in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. Though it may not seem like much, it took eight hours to capture this momentous image.
Kevin Beard 2 years ago
i thought, for sure, the very first photo would be porn, guess i was way off!
Janet Howe 2 years ago
You think you could hold that pose for 8 hours, dude?
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Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Picturesque is a stretch, I appreciate the milestone but I can't see anything really
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
A slightly better exposed and darkroom manipulated picture of the picture: 1459_4x3.jpg 
FlatEarf 2 years ago
Upvote for the proper wording, and grammar. Let's all support Tessa in her knowledge of English
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There are much clearer prints of this photo; still pretty grainy but definitely better. Edit: oops, it is shown a few posts down.
Kimberly Erlinger 2 years ago
I’ve seen this at the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin! It’s tiny.
Actually there was a lot of debate at first whether photography was an art or an industry as people couldn’t agree on whether “its sole purpose was to provide us with facts in an exact accounting of the world or whether it should have a place in the life of the imagination.”
Even now not everyone knows that before the first photoshopped photo in 1987, people still manipulated them in one way or another, “The First Photoshopped Photograph (1987) reminds us of the long history of photographic manipulation in the darkroom as well as theatrically staged photographs that began in the nineteenth century as well. This other history of photography breeds doubt and skepticism in the viewer — that seeing is not always believing whether dealing with analog or digital photography.”
#4
First Photograph Of People (1838)
Louis Daguerre made history by capturing the first photograph to feature a human being. The photo depicts a street scene in Paris, but if you take a closer look at the bottom left corner, you’ll see two people — one getting their shoes polished by the other. Since they were standing still during the long exposure time, they could be captured while the rest of the busy street was not.
#5
First Photograph From A Negative (1835)
In 1835, Henry Fox Talbot improved upon Niépce’s concept by creating a more practical method. He was the first to take a photograph with a negative, which allowed him to make multiple copies instead of just one faint image on metal.
#6
First Presidential Portrait (1843)
John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. president to have his photograph taken, captured by Philip Haas in Washington, D.C.
Ericthedead 2 years ago (edited)
He doesn’t appear to be a very happy person. Maybe it’s cause he had to set still for so long for the picture.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
He wasn’t happy: had emerge from his father’s shadow, had to contend with Andrew Jackson (an authoritarian populist later admired by Trump), and as a congressman post-presidency barred by a gag order from addressing the issue of slavery
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thurayyat 2 years ago
Adams often suffered from depression, for which he sought treatment in early years. Adams thought his depression was due to the high expectations demanded of him by his father and mother. Throughout his life, he felt inadequate and socially awkward because of his depression, and was constantly bothered by his physical appearance. (Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams#Personal_life)
Phil Green 2 years ago
I bet he knew some awesome jokes and was always playing practical jokes on people. He looks the sort.
Jason Smith 2 years ago
He looks constipated lol, maybe from all that sitting to have the pic taken 🤣
While photography isn’t included in the seven traditional art forms, it falls in the broader category of visual arts. The pictures are pretty to look at or make us think and search for deeper meaning. But even more than that. Photography has more significance than just an art form.
Professor Kaplan claims that “Photography has always had a lot of legs. Its documentary and record-keeping functions brought visual history into the world. It also has been an aid to scientific discovery from the very beginning — from microscopic images of botanical specimens to telephoto lunar images. We can say that photography operates at the crossroads of so many fields as it disseminates its ‘light writing’ and as it salvages our memories.”
#7
First Camera Phone Photograph (1997)
In Santa Cruz, California, tech pioneer Phillipe Kahn made history by being the first to snap and share a photo with his cellphone. He ingeniously combined a digital camera with a phone to create a primitive camera phone. Then he used it to send real-time pictures of his baby daughter to loved ones.
Mimi Downhouse 2 years ago
Sure but how could he send it? How could anyone receive it? Remember what the phones were like in '97 :D
#8
First Portrait Of A Woman (1839 Or 1840)
John Draper made history by capturing the first-ever portrait that wasn’t a selfie. The person portrayed here is his sister, Dorothy, making this the first portrait of a woman in the history of photography.
XenoMurph 2 years ago
Born earlier, but not photographed earlier. Apparently
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_scarlett_ 2 years ago
Gits, the 94 year old woman featured on another post was the earliest-birn person to be photographed. As in, she was born the lingest ago out of any of the people that have been photographed. This woman was the first ever woman to BE photographed.
#9
The First Aerial Photograph (1860)
In 1860, long before drones were even an idea in some tech genius’ mind, the first aerial photo was snapped from a hot air balloon. It shows the city of Boston from a bird’s-eye view, 2,000 feet up. The artist behind the lens, James Wallace Black, named it “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It.”
Adele Maestranzi 2 years ago
Most of those buildings from the Old South Meeting House at the left (church steeple) to the right side of the photo were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1872.
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
Very important photo, as much of this scene was destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. That's the Old South Meetinghouse on the left. Still standing - that's where the fire was stopped.
Maybe we don’t think of those photos as art but we appreciate how much they can tell us. Also, to document and keep record of important events and things is one of the main functions of photography alongside it being an art.
But there are more unexpected uses of photography. Louis Kaplan knows better than anyone being a Professor of History and Theory of Photography. The most curious use of it that he spent a lot of time researching was “about the suspect and questionable practice of spirit photography and the belief that photography could capture the spirits of the dead.”
He would definitely add another entry to this list and it would be “First Spirit Photograph: William H. Mumler, Self-Portrait with the Sprit of his Deceased Cousin, Boston, 1862. Even if spirit photography was a fake and a fraud, it reminds us that all photographs conjure ghosts and that the camera is a ghost generating machine.”
#10
First Photograph Ever - Enhanced (1826)
An enhanced version of Niépce’s photograph was realized in 1952 by Helmut Gersheim, who made the faint shadows clear and the shapes easier to make out.
Jacques-Olivier NICOLAS 2 years ago
As you can see, the two opposite facades of the buildings are lit, because in eight hours the sun has turned
#11
First Underwater Portrait (1899)
In 1899, Louis Boutan, a French biologist and photographer, made history by capturing the first underwater portrait. His brave subject, Emil Racovitza, had to pose and hold still for 30 minutes in the waters of Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France.
Alexandru Bucur 2 years ago
Also has a couple of caves in Romania and an Antarctic base named after him (the Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station, located at 69°23'19.2"S 76°22'51.1"E.), since he took part in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899.
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#12
First Full-Color Landscape Photograph (1877)
16 years passed after Maxwell and Sutton before a full-color photograph of a landscape was taken. Louis Ducos du Hauron was the person who successfully captured this image of Agen, France.
Ericthedead 2 years ago
Wow. Amazing. Black and white pictures were still used for yrs after this.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Most color processes were very complicated and expensive until the 20th Century.
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gerard julien 2 years ago
Agen today : trees are still there agen-63f48...37d920.jpg 
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
Technology Connections has a couple really good videos about early photography, one of which is about a technique for color photography using potatoes! https://youtu.be/hE3KjKg69ZA
While Professor Kaplan talks about real people that once lived and were immortalized in photographs, not real ghosts, but photography does have some sort of magic to it. Now even if we don’t really know how it technically works, we don’t associate it with witchcraft, but when it was first started to be used, it must have seemed like a wonder how a real life view can appear on a piece of metal.
In our technology age it is so common and very easy to take pictures and we have a camera with us all the time. We see a funny-looking cloud or an unusual ad, we go out to eat food at an aesthetic cafe or meet a random cat and we snap everything. Our phones are full of photos that we will never look at for a second time.
As a Professor of New Media, Louis Kaplan knows this too well, “You are talking here about processes of routinization and habituation in the oversaturated image environment that constitutes our digitized lives in the 21st century. The omnipresent use of the camera as a component of the mobile phone means not only that we record everything so easily but also that we transmit everything instantaneously via social media. It is possible that this instrumental rush to networked communication has quashed and suppressed the photographic magic that lies dormant but that always awaits its resurrection with the press of a button, with the snap of a camera.”
#13
First Photograph Of People Drinking (1844)
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson established Scotland’s first photography studio and gained fame for capturing photographs of everyday life. This shot, taken in Edinburgh, is the first to depict a group of individuals enjoying a drink together.
Janet Howe 2 years ago
It would have been rather easy to capture 3 guys in a pub sitting still for 5 minutes for the pic to develop.
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
MAN 1: Want to hit up the pub? MAN 2: I would but my suit is being laundered.
#14
First News Photograph (1848)
The first photograph ever used to illustrate a news story? Nobody knows who took it, but it shows the Rue Saint-Maur-Popincourt in Paris shortly after a battle between government forces and demonstrating workers that left thousands dead.
Swoo 2 years ago
those are barricades yes (1848 = 3rd French révolution and not the last ;) ). shortly after a battle means either the survivors were arrested or they went to ground (understand the sewers/catacombs). Dead or wounded would have been taken away/arrested by the government forces. Thousands died. Although it is from the 2nd French revolution (1830, 1789 beeing the 1st), the Delacroix painting is a good representation of what barricade fighting would have been like.
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Jacques-Olivier NICOLAS 2 years ago
For a battle that left thousands dead, I find the street incredibly clean.
Casey Payne 2 years ago
That's because anything that moved while the film was developing was a blur if it caught anything at all. You can sort of make out figures against the buildings, but nothing in the street itself. Probably a ton of people in the frame during the time the shutter was open. Briefly captured, and then erased by the background double exposure.
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The First Photograph Of A Black Hole (2019)
In April 2019, history was made as the world got a glimpse of the first photograph of a black hole. This monumental achievement resulted from a team effort by over 200 international astronomers who worked tirelessly for years. They used an array of powerful telescopes and supercomputers around the globe to crunch the petabytes of data to produce the awe-inspiring image.
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
Now we have audio of what they sound like! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_tXhBLg3Wng
Do you think that the accessibility of photography made it lose part of its magic and value? Have you ever thought of photography as not belonging to the arts? Which one of these first would you consider to be the most important? Let us know what you think in the comments!
#16
The First Sun Photograph (1845)
On April 2nd, 1845, French scientists Louis Fizeau and Leon Foucault snapped the first-ever picture of the sun using the daguerreotype process. It only took 1/60 of a second to capture this historic moment, and if you take a closer look, you can see some sunspots too.
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
It's also the first photo of the rare "Sun-Dong" at right center.
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
A lot less sun spots than today. they give off more heat, makes you wonder. Would have been cooler back then.
Adam Jeff 2 years ago
Not really, this is fairly normal for the amount of sunspots that can be seen at one time using visible light. Just look at the wikipedia article for 'the Sun': the picture at the top (from 2019) looks pretty much the same as this one.
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First Instagram Photograph (2010)
The first snap ever shared on Instagram is of a dog at a Mexican taco stand, captured by one of the co-creators, Kevin Systrom. Systrom jokingly said, “Had I known it would have been the first photo posted on Instagram, I would have tried a little harder.”
#18
First Photograph Of A Tornado (1884)
Credited as one of the oldest photographs of a tornado, it was taken 22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota.
Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago
You mean the muppet who stubbed his toe or the people yelling at each other?
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Enlee Jones 2 years ago
This isn’t the first tornado photograph. The first tornado photograph was taken on April 26, 1884 in Kansas.
Full of Giggles 2 years ago
BP even posted the picture of the Kansas tornado last week.
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Anna Meyers 1 year ago
The first eyewitness video was also of a tornado. It was taken by an employee of The Sound Room in Kalamazoo, Mi. on May 13, 1980.
SarCaustic 2 years ago (edited)
It only seems fitting that the first known photograph of a tornado was taken in Kansas. On April 26, 1884, a tornado moved slowly across Anderson county, which allowed amateur photographer A.A. Adams to set up his box camera. A pioneering image in meteorology, Adams' image is a precursor to the storm chasers we still see today.
#19
The First Full-Color Photograph (1861)
James Clerk Maxwell, a mathematical physicist, is credited with taking the first color photograph. The photograph, which depicts a three-colored ribbon, was unveiled by Maxwell during a lecture in 1861 and is considered the first durable color photograph. While Thomas Sutton, the inventor of the SLR, pressed the shutter button, it was Maxwell’s scientific process that made the photograph possible.
axle f 2 years ago
even in the long long ago....they were folks. they wanted to know, and they wanted to do. that's just how we are, i think..
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Casey Payne 2 years ago
"It's Bugs Bunny with the kaleidoscope head! Leporidae with diamonds, Le-por-i-dae with diamonds." Smash up of Bugs Bunny and the Beatles (aka bugs). And no, I am not currently drunk.
#20
First Photograph Of Motion (1878)
Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the art of capturing motion in photographs by using a set of cameras triggered one after another. These frame-by-frame photographs, taken in Palo Alto, California, were essential in advancing moving picture technology.
Thorsten Massow 2 years ago
And only to prove that there is a moment when none of the 4 legs of a horse touch the ground while running.
FlatEarf 2 years ago
Spectacular things happen out of spite and to prove a point
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Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Prior to this, painters who tried to capture the essence of horse movement were usually, comically, wrong. Best examples of this are Currier and Ives lithographs.
#21
The First Photograph That Was Taken From Space (1946)
On October 24th, 1946, the V-2 #13 rocket blasted off and made history by capturing the first photograph from space. The picture shows our planet in black and white from an altitude of 65 miles. The operators used a 35mm motion picture camera that snapped a frame every 1.5 seconds as the rocket soared higher and higher.
#22
First Photograph Of The Earth From The Moon (1966)
On August 23, 1966, a space camera on a lunar orbiter took a picture of our planet Earth while moving near the moon. The snap was then sent back to Earth and received at Robledo De Chervil in Spain.
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
To anyone who says this is a fake because of the lack of stars: you are wrong. I’m not qualified to talk about photography, but they basically had to decide between making themselves and the moon visible, or making the starry background visible.
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Its been a long time getting from there to here rattling round in my head.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
It's been a long time, but my time is finally near 🎵
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Roberto Alonso Lago 2 years ago
Name of the receiving station is actually Robledo de Chavela, not Chervil
#23
The First Photo Shot Inside The Sun’s Corona (2018)
In November 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was on a journey through the sun’s atmosphere and snapped a never-before-seen photo from within the corona. The photo was taken from 16.9 million miles away from the sun and shows solar material being hurled out by the star.
#24
First Digital Photo Of A President (2009)
In 2009, history was made when the first digital camera was used to take a photo of the president of the United States. The person behind the camera was none other than the official White House photographer at the time, Pete Souza, who captured a portrait of Barack Obama. Using a Canon 5D Mark II and no flash, Souza brought the advancement of photography to the White House.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
It seems so crazy to me, to have lived through the change from film to digital photography, and now we have advanced further to videos online and zoom etc.
Joe Larsen 2 years ago
https://www.good.is/articles/obamas-achievements-in-office
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#25
The First Lightning Photograph (1882)
Capturing lightning on camera can be a thrilling endeavor, and the first person to do it was William Jennings in 1882. He used his photos to prove that lightning is much more complex than people initially believed — just look at how it branches out!
Ericthedead 2 years ago
My mother used to set her camera up on the porch and try and catch lightning over the mountain out front. I was pretty young but remember setting and watching her.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
I tried to take photos of a thunderstorm once, but every time the lightning flashed my shutter jammed! I'm sure it was electrical interference from the lightning that caused it!
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#26
The World's First Webcam
The Trojan Room coffee pot was the subject of the world’s first webcam. Located in the computer laboratory of the University of Cambridge, it was constantly filmed by a camera and transmitted on all desktop computers so that people could easily check if there was any coffee left without having to make the trip all the way to the room.
#27
Earliest-Known Photo Of Lincoln (1846 Or 1847)
This photo captures Abraham Lincoln shortly after being elected as congressman. The photographer, Nicholas H. Shepherd, was identified by Gibson W. Harris, a law student who worked in Lincoln’s office when the photo was taken. Little did anyone know that just a few years later, in 1861, Lincoln would become the 16th president of the United States and lead the country through the Civil War.
Esme Love and Squalor 2 years ago (edited)
I have always thought he was quite an interesting looking man. But here he looks quite handsome! Ears seem rather large (not body shaming)
rodger coghlan 2 years ago
A father and son team traveled all around the US buying glass photos to recover the silver - this is why there are so few photos last decades of 1800s ( I believe that they made only $1200 but ruined the visual history of the US)
#28
First Photograph Of A Fatal Plane Crash (1908)
This photograph from 1908 shows the sad demise of aviator Thomas Selfridge. Orville Wright was on the plane too, but he survived the crash. The aircraft was a new prototype by the Aerial Experiment Association, part of the U.S. Army.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Seemingly, Thomas Selfridge was the first plane crash victim ever
#29
The Earliest Photograph Of The Queen Victoria (1844)
Previously considered a copy of a calotype taken by Henry Collen, it actually turned out to be a daguerreotype. It’s credited as the earliest photograph of the Queen and the Princess Royal.
#30
The Earliest Photograph Of A Living Animal (1842)
This black-and-white photograph depicts an animal lounging next to a carriage at a cattle market in Rome. It was snapped by the French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey during his Mediterranean journey, somewhere between April and July 1842. His work also includes many photographs from Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Well technically, the first human photographed was also the first animal.
#31
First Detailed Photograph Of The Moon (1840)
Draper took the first clear picture of the moon during his stay in New York.
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
This is not a photo of the Moon. The crescent shape is wrong. A misidentified old photo.
Nathan Czerniak 2 years ago
It’s from this: https://wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2021/02/21/moon1840/
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Kitten Dog Mom 2 years ago
Looks like someone stopped the film projector and left the light on, thus burning the film...
#32
The First Digital Photograph
The first digital photo was snapped in 1957, a good while before Kodak engineers created the first digital camera. The image is a digital version of a picture originally taken on film and features Russell Kirsch’s son. It had a resolution of 176x176, making it a perfect square for any Instagram profile.
Brianna Henderson 2 years ago
Yes. I can clearly see where the iris meets the sclera and the corners of the eyes
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First Color Underwater Photo (1926)
In 1926, Charles Martin, a photographer for National Geographic, and botanist William Longley traveled to the Florida Keys to capture the first-ever underwater photograph in color. The shot featured a hogfish and was made possible by protecting their cameras in special waterproof housing and using a magnesium-powered flash.
ShellsBells 2 years ago (edited)
I go diving all the time, and every time I see one, they do what I call "presenting themselves." They will swim up and throw themselves on their side in the sand, kind of doing a "what's up." I tried to get a video from Saturday, but too much sediment was flying around. Edit-correcting spelling I forgot to check.
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The First Photo Of Quantum Entanglement (2019)
In 2019, researchers showed off the first photo of quantum entanglement, a phenomenon between two particles connected through their quantum states, and captured by shooting a crystal with a laser. Definitely complicated for us, so we won’t delve much into it — just know it’s a remarkable achievement.
Robert Larson, LPN, JD 2 years ago
This is one of the most important pictures ever taken - both historically and scientifically.
Anna Meyers 1 year ago
Ok, all you kids who say something is awesome, THIS is actually awesome. So stop using that word for other things.
#35
The First Photograph From Mars (1976)
Viking 1 captured the first photo of Mars shortly after landing on the Red Planet. The snap was taken on July 20, 1976, and was part of NASA’s mission to get a closer look at the Martian surface and get precious information about this mysterious planet.
#36
First Photoshopped Photograph (1987)
John Knoll from Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic made history by being the first to edit a photo using Photoshop. He digitized a beautiful picture of his wife, Jennifer, snapped in the tropical paradise of Bora Bora and used it as a demo for the editing software we all know.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Somewhere at home I have Photoshop version 2.0 (1991) on a 720k floppy disk.
#37
The First Photo Of A Solar Eclipse (1851)
On a sunny day in 1851, Johann Julius Berkowski took the first spot-on photo of a solar eclipse. He used the daguerreotype process with an 84-second exposure at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia.
Dontyouwishyouknew 2 years ago
I'm so glad I got to experience a solar eclipse. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. All of a sudden it was night in the middle of the day.
#38
The First Photo Of New York City (1848)
The oldest known photograph of New York City, captured in 1848, is this daguerreotype that went for a whopping $62,500 at a Sotheby’s auction in 2009.
Ericthedead 2 years ago
Little less congested back then. Some fences to hop over and some farm animals in the way.
#39
The First 3D American President Portrait Photograph (2014)
A group of tech experts from the Smithsonian and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies joined forces to make the first 3D portrait of a president, using Barack Obama as their subject. They used 50 special lights, 8 sports cameras, and 6 wide-angle cameras to capture the shot. The picture was then 3D printed, which you can see at the Smithsonian.
#40
The First Cape Canaveral Launch Photograph (1950)
In July 1950, NASA’s photographers captured the first-ever picture of a launch from Cape Canaveral. The rocket, named “Bumper 2,” was a two-part machine made up of a V-2 missile and a WAC Corporal rocket. The photo also features other photographers lined up and ready to snap their own shots of the exciting event.
#41
The Actual First Instagram Photograph (2010)
There have been debates on which could be considered the real first Instagram post, but here’s the one many consider the actual winner. On July 16, 2010, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger took a picture of South Beach harbor and shared it on an app called Codename. Fast forward three months, Codename changed its name and became the beloved Instagram we all know and use today.
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Janet Howe 2 years ago
I thought this was one of the best BP posts ever. Please offer us more of these.
Phobrek 2 years ago
Agreed! Like first moments in film, and in film animation, would be great articles
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I thought this was one of the best BP posts ever. Please offer us more of these.
Phobrek 2 years ago
Agreed! Like first moments in film, and in film animation, would be great articles
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