After the invention of the daguerreotype in 1837 by French chemist Louis Daguerre and the earliest photos of the Moon – first by Daguerre himself, then by John William Draper in 1840 – photographic ...

Photography has come a long way since the first ever photo saw the light of day. We've gone from painstakingly exposing metal plates for hours at a time, to snapping high-definition selfies in the ...