- The earliest known photograph to include a recognizable human form was taken in Paris in 1838 by Louis Daguerre. The street would have been busy with people and horse traffic, but due to the 10 minute exposure time anything moving was not captured except for the people seen on the street corner. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg 27 comments europe