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The first photograph of a person happened by accident because the exposure was so long that only someone standing still was captured.

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An 1838 Daguerre photo of a Paris street looks empty, but its long exposure caught one man standing still to have his shoes shined — the first person ever photographed, by accident.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Bir insanın ilk fotoğrafı tesadüfen çekildi; pozlama o kadar uzundu ki yalnızca hareketsiz duran biri görüntüye yakalandı.

Daguerre'in 1838'de bir Paris caddesini gösteren fotoğrafı boş görünür; ama uzun pozlaması, ayakkabılarını boyatmak için kıpırdamadan duran bir adamı yakaladı — tesadüfen, fotoğraflanan ilk insan.

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