36 Incredible Photographs from the Past You Might Not Have Seen Before

This is not a scoop! The phenomenon "selfie", namely the self-portrait the camera at arm's length, never-ending flood of social networks. This type of self-portrait, taken with a smartphone, was baptized in this way in 2002 and named "word of the year" by Oxford Dictionaries. The first hashtag # selfie identified on Instagram meanwhile dates back 2011. Yet his invention back to the origins of the history of photography. Openculture website The fate of archives of photography this picture dating from 1839 the American chemist Robert Cornelius. Obviously, at the time, it was inconceivable to wear the device at arm's length. To achieve this self-portrait, he removed the lens cap, sat in his chair time to record his portrait on film before obscure the lens again. Many of you qualify this activity narcissistic.Now, of all times, man has always enjoyed drawing his self-portrait, and the early years of the history of photography.

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