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May 18, 2024 · Published May 18, 2024. Updated May 20, 2024. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photo ever, "View from the Window at Le Gras," from his estate in France in 1826 or 1827 using a technique he'd invented called heliography and a camera obscura. Today, most of us walk around with an incredibly powerful camera in our pockets.
4 days ago · Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1]) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions ...
May 13, 2024 · history of photography, method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the 1830s. This article treats the historical and aesthetic aspects of still photography.
May 20, 2024 · Morse and Draper took many more, but Draper’s known photos from 1839 to 1840 focused on portraits and scientific matters. In 1840, he was the first person to take a photograph of an astronomical ...
May 18, 2024 · The Story of My Great-Grandmother Mary Kroll. Mary Kroll was my great-grandmother. She was also my father's maternal grandmother. Born in Austria in 1867, Mary Kroll was the eldest child of Peter Kroll and Emerenz Thaler. She had one brother Peter born in 1871 and another born in an unknown year. Around 1886–87, Mary had an affair with Anton ...
May 6, 2024 · Bake for 11 min. Transfer the baked shells to a wire rack to cool. Using a mixer, whip together 1/2 cup of butter, until fluffy. Add mint extract and 2 tablespoons milk. With the mixer on low, gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until fluffy. Fold 1/4 cup crushed candy canes into the filling.
May 16, 2024 · A grandmother became the first person in history to complete a treacherous 29.7-mile solo swim through freezing, shark-infested waters without a wetsuit. Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, a paediatric nurse from Pacifica, California, completed the gruelling feat of endurance from San Francisco to the Farallon Islands in 17 hours.
