WHO'S IN THAT PHOTO???

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This is the world's first photograph to show a human figure. This was taken by Louis Daguerre (a French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography - Courtesy: Wikipedia) in 1839. The picture is actually of a very busy street with lots of human and vehicle traffic. But the exposure time was very much longer than today's standards (8-9 mins). That made the fast moving city traffic and human figures invisible in the picture. But if you look closely, you can see a gentleman getting his shoes polished. He must have stood really still long enough to get his silhouette in the picture. You can also see an unclear shadow of the chap who was doing the polishing. He must have moved indefinitely in his attempt to do the job, but still his image is vaguely visible probably due to the very short or swift movements he would have made while polishing. The strange thing is that no body knows or would ever know who that gentleman and the shoe polisher were!!!

Anyways, its a beautiful picture.