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02/19/2010 03:01:25 PM · #1 |
I love the early birth stages of photography and what has been passed down to us. I came across this image and it is wonderful.
From here.
To quote...
This is one of the earliest known photographs of a human. A self portrait taken in 1839, it shows a young Robert Cornelius (1809-1893) standing outside his family’s lamp-making shop in Philadelphia. Cornelius was an American of Dutch descent whose knowledge of metallurgical chemistry was to help in perfecting the process of silver-plating, then employed in the production of daguerreotypes. It had previously been assumed that the time necessary for a photograph to be exposed was simply too long for portaiture to be considered. But, by making this striking image, Cornelius proved the concensus wrong and then went on to develop a chemical means of accelerating the process. [â€Â¦] This photograph was made 171 years ago, and yet Robert Cornelius looks as contemporary and ‘immediate’ as any young man you might happen to pass on the streets today. He might be in a fashion publicity shot, or some moody modern musician.
It's images like this that really connect us to the past i feel. Often photographs from the early 19th century look distant and it's hard to connect with the other. Thought i'd share. Anyone else got any images from the past they'd like to share?
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02/19/2010 03:03:35 PM · #2 |
| Interesting, thanks for sharing that. |
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02/19/2010 03:11:52 PM · #3 |
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02/19/2010 04:02:44 PM · #4 |
| I'd give it a 6, the post processing is a little over done for my tastes, but you can't beat the originality of being the very first. |
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02/19/2010 04:36:41 PM · #5 |
Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilots |
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02/19/2010 04:52:50 PM · #6 |
| Exactly Steve. What i find really interesting in that early photograph is how modern it is, the hair, the pose etc. Once the technology advanced it all became more staid, formal photographs. People staring straight into the camera like stunned animals, tightly made up and presented. It's great to see that informal image from such an early time from a pioneer. Almost like he's staring straight into the future. |
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02/19/2010 04:54:22 PM · #7 |
| And what a handsome devil! Very Byronic. |
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