World's First Photograph

In 1826 Joseph Niépce set up a camera obscura pointing out his second floor window and produced a one-of-a-kind photograph on pewter.

World's First Daguerreotype

In 1837 this technique was developed by French chemist Louis Daguerre in collaboration with Joseph Niépce.

World's First Human Portrait

In 1839, Robert Cornelius, a Dutch chemist, took a daguerreotype portrait of himself and made the world’s first human photograph.