Before Photography was invented…
Photography in Greek is light drawing.
Gilles-Louis Chretien invented the physionotrace in 1787.
Camera Obscura or “dark chamber”
An artist drawing from life with an 19th century camera obscura.
Abelardo Morell
Daguerreotype Louis Jacques-Mandé Daguerre Announced the Daguerreotype to the world on January 7, 1839.
"Boulevard du Temple", taken by Daguerre in late 1838 or early 1839 in Paris, was the first photograph of a person.Boulevard du TempleParis
Sir John Herschel ( ) Photo: Julia Margaret Cameron ( )
Sir John Herschel Anthotype 1842
Malin Fabbri