Two peasants from the region around Rome. A daguerreotype by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842. [2000 x 1665]

1838 photograph of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, France, taken by Louis Daguerre from the window of his studio at 8 am. This is believed to be the first photograph to feature a person. In the bottom left, you can see a person getting their shoes shined.