[OUTLET] History of the world in photographs

In this intriguing book, the historical events that took place in a period comprising one and a half centuries are shown on a year-by-year timeline and documented by spectacular and amazing images charges with... Did you know that the oldest photograph in the history of photography was made back in 1826 - or 1827? The photo was acquired by the Ransom Center at the University of Texas back in 1963, where it is still permanently exhibited, and it represents the beginning of the photographic era in time. Here you can see the oldest photographs in the world. The people lived in a world without electricity, cars, aeroplanes and trains were just inventedmusic... There have been great advances in photography in the last two centuries.

And watch our new series of original short documentaries that tell the surprising stories behind the pictures. World Photography day is an annual worldwide celebration of the science, history, art and craft of photography. August 19 marks the day when the It traces its origins to 1837 when the first ever photographic process, the 'Daguerreotype' was developed by the Frenchmen Louis Daguerre and... Daguerreotype.