The Photography Pioneer Who Faked His Own Death



In the 1830s, several people incependently figured out how to capture images permanently -which we call photography. Hippolyte Bayard did it in France, but got very little notice. Here's his story, including how he produced the first staged fake photo, in which he showed his own dead body. -via Digg


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