1st photo

The picture above is reputed to be        the world’s first photograph.  It was taken in 1826 and was developed        by French photographer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He called this process        “heliography” or sun drawing and the entire process took eight hours.The next picture below is reputed        to be the world’s first color photograph.  Taken by by Louis Ducos du        Hauron in 1872, the photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France.source

The picture above is reputed to be the world’s first photograph.  It was taken in 1826 and was developed by French photographer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He called this process “heliography” or sun drawing and the entire process took eight hours.

The next picture below is reputed to be the world’s first color photograph.  Taken by by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872, the photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France.

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vintage black women

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While searching for photos of black women with long, long hair I stumbled upon this great flickr photostream entitled BlackWomen  http://www.flickr.com/photos/22067139@N05/sets/72157603627219253/.  Some of the photos have biographical info.  Maybe I’ll post some from time to time.

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africa-for-christ1sash reads “Africa for Christ”