photography

The oldest surviving photograph is not ‘The view from the window at le gras’ by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce from 1826 or 27! It is not even close to being the oldest photograph, surviving or otherwise. In reality, the medium of Photography ‘Drawing with light’ sitting within our scattered history...

KD: This was posted by @Recognition as a comment. Figured it was interesting enough to be a stand alone piece. I found this photo somewhere and decided to do some brightness/contrast work, looks like there was some kind of massive orb in the sky, the day they tookthis pic. With images like...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we were told that "satchel" cameras were all over the place in 1868. Apparently, in 1868, they had a strong demand for "small photographic cameras for tourists". ...but Messrs, Negretti and Zamabra have just began constructing pocket cameras, which, at...

Very often we have to deal with 19th century drawings similar to the below-linked examples: Example #1 Example #2 Example #3 Example #4 Example #5 Until 03/04/1880, magazines and newspapers were publishing drawings instead of photographs. Apparently, they had no choice, because there was no...

It looks like our lack of proper research into the exposure and capability issues of the allegedly early days of photography plays into the mainstream BS narrative story line. I do not believe for a second that these cameras were simply "invented" out of nowhere but that is what this...

Ok, this story here makes so much sense, that it was impossible to walk by without sharing it. Whether this camera was built from scratch, or simply re-assembled is hard to say. For what it's worth, the story goes like this... Please read the entire thing. How much baloney do you think there is...

Here is another 19th century photographic absentee. How historians were getting away with things like this is hard to understand. May be scrutinizing the absence of the photographic evidence was not really a thing, but I have hard time believing that we are the first ones to notice the lack of...

Just donned on me. We do not have a single combat photograph from three major wars/conflicts which took place in the 19th century. 1. Crimean War: 1853 - 1856 2. American Civil War: 1861 - 1865 3. Paris Commune: 18 March – 28 May 1871 Let us get some things out of the way first. I'm...

On March 4, 1869, Ulysses S. Grant was sworn in as the eighteenth President of the United States by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. In Office: March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 President U.S. Grant by Brady 1870 In his inaugural address, Grant urged the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment...

I have mentioned this "little" issue before, so, naturally, just wanted to suggest a combined effort of sorts. When was the earliest known photograph of the United States Government in session taken? I keep on running into nothing but drawings. The best I could come up with was this 1874...

I wanted to share an observation of mine. Primarily because it provides for a possibility of one very peculiar historical development. It I will sound as unrealistic as it gets. I will present a hypothesis that there was no United States of America prior to the Civil War time frame. This...

Very often we hear that the reason for not having too many 19th, and early 20th centuries photographs lies within the novelty of the invention. It is often suggested that opportunities to have a photo taken were few and far between. I am not so sure about that, for the amount of the 19th century...