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> The man having his shoes shined can be seen in the bottom left. The man doing the shining can be seen too, right? This whole piece is ignoring that man? They

• jaredsohn 8y ago
  >This whole piece is ignoring that man? No it doesn't. The lede says "The earliest known photograph to include a recognizable human form". Later it says: >The exception is the man at the lower-left who sat still long enough to appear in the photograph. The person cleaning his boots is also visible, although not as distinctly. >It has been speculated that instead of a shoeshine boy, the man stood at a a pump. However, comparison with another image taken by Daguerre of the same spot at noon reveals boxes used to hold brushes and polishes. An image later is captioned 'The man having his boots shined, and the person doing the shining'.