How many photos are there in the history of world photography?

Although photography was formally born in the19th century, the principle of pinhole imaging in photography was recorded as early as the 4th century BC in China's Mozi theory and the contemporary literature of Aristotle in ancient Greece.

In this long history, there are countless firsts, whether it is the birth of the first photo in the world or the first photo uploaded to Instagram.

Most of the early photos were taken with a silver disc invented by louis Daguerre, and it was the continuous development of technology that created countless possibilities for photographers. Let's walk along the route of memory step by step to see the birth of the first batch of photos that changed the world.

The first photo in the world

This photo is considered to be the first photo in the world, or at least the oldest photo. It was shot by Joseph Nicephore Niepsey in 1826 or 1827, before the birth of silver photography. It was shot by a technique called Helio Photography on the upper floor of Niépce's estate in Burgundy. Now it is part of the permanent collection of the University of Texas-Austin.

The world's first selfie

The world's number one selfie has been controversial in history, but the most cited photo was taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839. In Philadelphia, the photographer sat in front of the camera and completed this historic exposure.

The oldest photograph in new york.

This photo was taken at 1848 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This is the first photo recorded in new york. In 2009, it was auctioned at Sotheby's for $62,500. This photo of the Protestant church has now been lost.

The first photograph of the moon taken by man.

This photo taken by John W. Draper in 1840 is considered to be the first photograph of the moon recorded by photography, which was taken at the rooftop observatory of new york University. But after 100 years of circulation, this photo has been seriously damaged, and it is difficult for us to see what it looks like just after exposure.

Humans first appeared in photos.

Daguerre, the inventor of modern silver photography, took this photo, which is not only the oldest photo recorded on the streets of Paris, but more importantly, a person appeared in the photo for the first time, although it was unintentional. The two figures in the lower left corner of the photo are the first human beings to appear in the photo, although they don't know who they are. The photo was taken at 1839 Paris Republic Square, and the exposure was 10 minute.

The first picture of the war.

Carol Popper de Sasmali was the first war photographer in the world. He took hundreds of photos of Crimea, and it was this record that made photography enter the front line of war and was well known to the world. This photo taken at 1870 is considered to be the first photo taken in actual combat. It recorded the front line of the Prussian army opposite, when the photographer was with the French army.

The first picture of the president of the United States

This photo of john quincy adams is the oldest surviving photo of the President of the United States, although he was not the President of the United States at that time (he served as the President of the United States from 1825 to 1829), and was taken by photographer Philip Haas at the home of the former President of Massachusetts. In fact, the earliest presidential photo was taken in 184 1 year, which recorded the short-lived ninth president of the United States, william henry harrison. However, 3 1 day after he became president of the United States, he died of pneumonia, and this photo has disappeared.

The first photo of the sun.

Five years after the first photo was taken, that is, 1845, French physicists Louis Fizeau and Leon Foucault finally aimed their lens at the sun. They took this photo, only 1/60s exposure, and they could see sunspots clearly.

The first photo of a tornado.

This photo taken in Kansas is the earliest known tornado record. Photographed at1April 26th, 884, a tornado slowly passed through Anderson County. This photo was taken by amateur photographer A.A. Adams with his box camera.

The earliest aerial photos

In the era of drones, aerial photography seems nothing new, but it was enough to attract attention when photography was just born. This photo was taken by james wallace Blake and Samuel Archer King at 1860. However, this is not the earliest aerial photograph. According to the records, the earliest aerial photograph should have been taken by gaspard-Fé lix Thurner, a French photographer and hot air balloon pilot, but it has been lost.

The first picture of the earth.

1On August 23rd, 966, this photo taken by a lunar orbiter in the lunar orbit was the first photo of the earth recorded from the moon.

The first color photo

When photography was just born, black and white was synonymous with photography, and people could not imagine how to record the colorful world with lenses. Scottish physicist james clerk maxwell took this satin bow tie in 186 1 year, which is recognized as the earliest color photo, and trichromatic light method has become the source of all modern color photography techniques.

The first underwater photo

This photo was taken by National Geographic photographer Charles Martin and botanist William Langley at 1926. In the waters of Florida, they used a groundbreaking method, that is, they installed the camera in a waterproof shell and used a spotlight in the water.

The first digital photo

The first digital photo was born much earlier than you think. 1957, 20 years before Kodak invented the digital camera, Russell Kirsch recorded the image of his son. But this is not a real digital photo, but a digital scan of a film photo, but this is the first photo in digital format.

The first digital photo of the president of the United States

Although digital photography has gradually matured and put into commercial use in early 2000, the first digital photo of the official portrait of the President of the United States was taken after Obama took office in 2009, using a Canon 5D Mark II without a flash.

The first Instagram photo

On July 6th, 20 10, kevin systrom, co-founder of Instagram, uploaded the first photo on Instagram. Although Instagram was not officially launched at that time, this photo was uploaded by a program called Codename. At present, the total number of Instagram users has exceeded 700 million.

All the pictures are from Wikipedia.