Celebrating 175 years of photography by revisiting some of the oldest photographs. This 1839 selfie was of an amateur chemist and photography enthusiastic Robert Cornelius. It was believed to be the world's first ever selfie. It is a photography craze of the world 175 years later.
This daguerreotype was also the first to be taken in north america. He had set up his camera up at the back of his family store and captured the image by removing the lens cap, running into the the frame while holding the pose for a minute and then covering up the lens again. On the rear of this, he wrote, "The first light picture ever taken. 1839."
He took at least one more selfie after almost 4 years from the first selfie. The second selfie was showing him pouring the contents of a beaker and bottle through the funnel into another beaker. His face was not visible in this picture but its a one tough job at that time.
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