![]() It encouraged Cornelius enough to open one of the first photographic studios in the U.S., which he ran for a couple of years before deciding the family business promised steadier income. By taking advantage of the existing natural light in the back of the store, a small box was fitted with an opera glass repurposed as a lens to attempt at the photo capture.Īfter recognizing success with the process, this disproved Louis Daguerre’s critics that the original method was too cumbersome as a method for portraits. Working at his father’s lamp and chandelier shop - which specialized in silver plating - Cornelius was requested by a customer about producing a silver plate for a daguerreotype. Just a couple months later, Cornelius captured his first image on a daguerreotype. Developed by Louis Daguerre, the namesake of this method of photography was unveiled to the public August 1839 at the French Academy of the Sciences. The style of photography Cornelius used was known as “Daguerreotype.” Images were made onto a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver. On the back of the photo, he inscribed, “The first light picture ever taken. The image was captured by removing the lens cap, followed by running into the frame for a minute and covering the lens once again. ![]() Cornelius, an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast from Philadelphia had set up a camera in the back of his family’s store when the picture was taken. The first earliest dated “selfie” has been recently brought to the masses’ attention, taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839. It was easier for the photographer to first experiment by acting as a model first. ![]() The self-portrait - which can be simply reduced to being called the selfie, was an experimental mode of exploration in the early days of photography. Selfie - as defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” Thanks to social media platforms and the use of tagging images as a hashtag, it’s no wonder the latest, newest word “selfie” was added to the Oxford Dictionary. ![]()
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