In 1827 a Frenchman by the name of Joseph Nicephore, was playing around with a technique called holography. He conducted an experiment which involved pointing a camera out of a window, positioning it so that the lens would cast an image onto a pewter plate, coated with a light sensitive filament. Eight hours later the image above was created and is believed to be the oldest known surviving photograph.
Joesph Nicephore Niece, the first man to draw with light.
