Talk:View from the Window at Le Gras

Location

What about this place today? is it possible to determine where exactly the photo was taken, or the buildings do not exist anymore?--87.250.174.76 (talk) 08:19, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I've been there and compared the two. Unfortunately, it seems everything has changed from the time of Niepce, although the room from where he took his famous photo is still there. 77.194.224.5 (talk) 13:41, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Earliest?

The history of photography article lists a different photograph from a year prior by the same guy as the oldest. Jason Quinn (talk) 15:13, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

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Orientation

I realize the details are obscure on the original plate, but is it not obvious that the plate in the image here is upside down? Surely there is a version of it available with it facing the right way.

Featured article request

So, I have never seen a photograph like this, which is obviously the earliest surviving photograph of all mankind. This is actually a great article, and i would politely recommend that you, administrators, should make this article a featured article. please send me a message below my message if you, administrators (or users), will see if it will become featured. Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua's Number9 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Joshua's Number9:, please read WP:FA and WP:FACR. Sahaib (talk) 17:11, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Possibility

According to this article, the earliest known photograph is taken in 1826. Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most famous people living at the time, died in 1827. So, would it have been possible to take a photograph of him at the time? 213.230.92.88 (talk) 16:16, 1 September 2023 (UTC)