The worlds first photo was taken by Joseph Niepce in France in 1826. It took an exposure time of 8 hours and is on an 8″x 6.5″ pewter plate. The photo has been on display at the University of Texas since 1964.

The above photo taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872 is said to be the worlds first color photograph. The photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France.

10 Comments to “Worlds First Photo”

1. Eric Odom — June 30, 2008 @ 9:28 am
   

   Fascinating! It’s interesting to note that a color photo in 1872 is actually quite good in quality all things considered.

2. къмпинг — June 30, 2008 @ 11:00 am
   

   This site is about all kinds of interesting things, animals, art, travel

3. Davila — June 30, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
   

   The french cannot be trusted! ;P

4. newyorkdude — June 30, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
   

   Aw, c’mon, surely the world’s first photo was XXX.

5. Angry Roy — June 30, 2008 @ 11:51 pm
   

   ohhhh newyorkdude you are just toooooo naughty!!
   lawl!

6. Personal Trainer — July 1, 2008 @ 2:13 am
   

   How many Mega pixels was that first picture?

   It is so amazing how technology has advanced but it is even more amazing how technology started.

7. Fabs — July 10, 2008 @ 8:23 am
   

   Lol, would someone please slap Personal Trainer for this question?
   But surely you did realise that this picture was taken some good 100 years before even the most trivial of computers was even invented. Pfffh, pixels….

8. Someone — July 24, 2008 @ 11:23 am
   

   lol…megapixels

9. The Hebrew Hammer — July 31, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
   

   Fake. The Color picture has a digital timestamp on it. Wtf.

10. someone else — August 27, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
    

    Personal Trainer was obviously joking >_>

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