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What’s the oldest photograph in the world?

Posted on 26 January 2008 by Brandon

Q: What’s the oldest photograph in the world? – Troy K. from Seattle, Wash.

A: Modern photography began in the 1820s, and the oldest surviving photograph known was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a Frenchman who has been called the inventor of photography. It was taken in 1825 of a engraving of a young boy leading a horse.  Continue Reading

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