34 points | by bookofjoe 3 days ago
7 comments
It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6
That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
The earliest photograph is more than 10 years older :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce#/me...
The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque?
I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.
https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human
It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6
That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
The earliest photograph is more than 10 years older :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce#/me...
The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque?
I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.
https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human