The first permanent photograph was produced by the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce around 1825, the process improved over time with contributions from a number of early pioneers.
In late 1838 or early 1839 Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre took what is believed to be the first photograph of a person the actual photo is of a Paris street scene, but because of the long exposure time needed to produce the photo the traffic did not show, but an unidentified man having his boots shined did stay still long enough to become the first person to be photographed.
Right now you are probably thinking “I can’t see him”. He’s the blob in the bottom left hand corner, click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photograph still a blob, but you should be able to see him.
