Les Misérables et le photographie

A fascinating photo found in today's Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan. He calls it the "The First Human Ever Photographed" and points out "he is getting his shoes cleaned in Paris - sitting still for ten minutes while the Daguerreotype captured him."

Except that there are TWO humans in this photo. The middle class gentleman who counts as the 'first human' and the little boy shining his shoes who evidently doesn't. The year was 1838.

Eh bien, plus ça change ....

though a Paris street corner is still a good spot to kill ten minutes

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