“Unveiling the Past: 50 Breathtaking Vintage Photos That Will Leave You Spellbound!”
His first photo was a view from the window of his estate in Burgundy, France. It required an exposure time of around 8 hours. And while Niépce’s images were blurry, they paved the way for the sharper, more professional photographs we can enjoy in this compilation.
#7 In Amsterdam, Holland, In 1953, A Milkman Was Seen Peddling His Dairy Products, Providing Fresh Milk And Other Essentials To The Community
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#8 Racecourse On Norderney Island Four Ladies In White Dresses On The Turf, Germany, 1908 – By Otto Haeckel
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#9 L’uomo Che Corre. Paris, Photo By Sabine Weiss, 1953
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It would be a few more years before photography could become accessible to the public. A big room wasn’t exactly the most practical tool for most people. When Niépce died in 1833, his protege Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre took over. Thanks to him, the world was introduced the first ever portable camera in 1839.
#10 Girls Playing Jump Rope, Chicago, 1950 – By Marvin E. Newman
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#11 Farm Life Of Western Norway – 1890s
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#12 The Face Of The Custom House Clock In Boston Was Repainted By A Worker In 1976
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“A forerunner of the modern camera, the camera obscura consisted first of a room, then later of a portable box with a small opening in one side,” reads the National Gallery of Art site. “Light reflected by objects in the natural world enters the box through a lens set into the opening and projects an image onto the opposite surface. The image, like one formed on the retina of the eye, is upside down and reversed.
