/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/eb/b5/ebb52ce7-6bce-4a5f-866f-07208a301b70/boulevard_du_temple_by_daguerre.jpeg)
🎨 Arts
October 21, 2026 at 04:29 PM
Where Exactly Were the First Humans to Be Captured in a Photograph Standing? Three Obsessed Filmmakers Solved the Nearly 200-Year-Old Mystery
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Three dedicated filmmakers spent two years solving the nearly 200-year-old mystery of where the first humans in a photograph stood, leading to the site's immortalization with a bronze plaque.
photography
history
mystery solved
Paris
filmmakers
cultural heritage