Trivia The first photo took 8 hours to expose.

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The photo, simply titled, “View from the Window at Le Gras,” is said to be the world’s earliest surviving photograph, taken between 1826 and 1827 by Nicéphore Niépce. Due to technical limitations, it took 8 hours to expose.

Because of these lengthy times it took to produce a photo, most people chose not to smile in older photographs – because they would need to stay still for so long.

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