Historical Photographs with Some Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]Taking the first photo[/post_page_title]

No, this isn’t the very first photo that was ever taken, but it was the first that was taken from a cellphone. Syncing his devices with a few lines of programming code, Philippe Kahn managed to take a photo with his cellphone (also utilizing his digital camera).

Taking the first photo

Fast forward many years and cameras started to become a staple of cellular technology, but that wasn’t the case in 1997 (when the photo was shot). It’s a little grainy, but for the first one, it turned out fairly well.

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