40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken. 15 Incredible Historical Photographs. History This is a selection of photographs of some of the most important or famous historical events that have occurred since photography was invented. In 1884, George Eastman developed the technology of film to replace photographic plates, leading to the technology used by film cameras today; nevertheless, many images exist from before that time that we taken via other photographic methods. Click the photographs for a larger view. 1.
The First Photograph [France, 1826] Taken by Nicéphore Niépce, this is the first photograph ever taken which still exists. He called his method heliography (sun writing) and this photograph took 8 hours of exposure time (hence sunlight on both sides of the building). 2. This photo was taken on April 18th, 1906. 3. This is a photograph of breaker boys – child labour used to separate coal from slate. 4. This photograph was taken after the lynching of two young black men accused of raping a white girl. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Jamie Frater. Daring Troubadour.