"Boulevard du Temple", taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, was the first photograph of a person ever taken.The first photograph to ever include a human being.In fact a portrait known as Daguerreotypes.Can you spot all the people here?
The image shows a street, but because of the over 10 minute exposure time the moving traffic does not appear. The exceptions are the man and shoe-shine boy at the bottom left, and two people sitting at a table nearby who stood still long enough to have their images captured.
Today 18th Nov happens to be the B'day of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre who was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.
Daguerreotypes were usually portraits; the rarer views are much sought-after and are more expensive. The portrait process took several minutes and required the subjects to remain stock still.
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