quarta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2008

The First Photos

"Taking photos" begun about 150 years ago, when Joseph Niépce took a picture of the back of his house. Today with all the technology we don't realise how difficult was doing that with a minimal quality of picture...


View from the window in Le Gras - by Joseph Niépce (1826)



The birth of the Earth (1968)


Aerial view of Boston - James Wallace Black (1860)

Tape of wool - James Clerk Maxwell (1861)



Two naked standing - Louis Daguerre (1839)



The Earth seen from space (1946)

2 comentários:

Salil disse...

Hi,
Thanks for putting these up.
I liked the Boston shot very much.
Cheers,
Salil

Anónimo disse...

Thank you Salil, if you don't mind asking, why do you like Boston? =)

Thanks again
See you