#SPACE

The very first photo of the moon, taken by John William Draper in 1839

Filo HArt's picture

Submitted by Filo HArt on

The very first photo of the moon, taken by John William Draper in 1839.Draper immigrated to the United States from England and became a chemistry professor at NYU. This daguerreotype print was the first of a series of silver platinum plates he shot using a telescope. Draper was also the first person to shoot a portrait in America, a photograph of his sister Dorothy-Catherine . In 1864, he became chairman of the American Photographic Association.Pair with Ordering the Heavens, a visual history of humanity’s quest to depict the cosmos before telescopes.

Explore

Draper immigrated to the United States from England and became a chemistry professor at NYU. This daguerreotype print was the first of a series of silver platinum plates he shot using a telescope. Draper was also the first person to shoot a portrait in America, a photograph of his sister Dorothy-Catherine . In 1864, he became chairman of the American Photographic Association. 

Subscribe to RSS - #SPACE