Iconic photos that captured significant moments from the past
1. Worldās First Photograph; 1826
For the very first time in recorded human history, a long exposure shot had been photographed.
The feat was achieved by a French inventor named Joseph NicĆ©phore NiĆ©pce. He captured it in the spring of 1826. He achieved this feat by utilising a bitumen coated pewter plate to capture an image of the courtyardās view outside his window.
2. The Worldās First War Photograph; 1855
In 1855, an English landscape photographer Roger Fenton was commissioned to cover the infamous Crimean War.
Here he captured a dusty road with trails of wagons and numerous cannonballs. ā¦
Advertisements from an era that sold disgrace
In todayās fast-paced digital world, advertising has become such an integral part of our socio-economic lives that it is pretty much impossible to picture a world without it. In fact, at its core, all life on this planet depends on a sort of āadvertising behaviourā to survive.
From trying to lure their prey to enticing a potential mate, this behaviour forms the very basis of life on this planet. For example, flowers are colourful, bright, and aromatic so that a variety of insects (ā customersā) get drawn towards them. ā¦
Deceits by the rich to get richer
Today women enjoy the same rights and opportunities as that of men in most walks of life. But, this wasnāt the case a few decades back in time. For a very large part of the time in history, women were considered to be inferior to men and subjected to various forms of discrimination. They were often viewed as personal property and listed alongside lands, livestock, and other assets owned & cared for by men. ā¦
Of all human expressions, smiling is one of the most ābeautifulā
āNothing you wear is more valuable than your beautiful smile.ā ā Connie Stevens
Whether youāve noticed this or not, it is absolutely rare to find people smiling in photographs during the 19th and 20th centuries. The individuals in the photographs always looked grim and creepy irrespective of their then state of mind and social status.
A vast majority of the photographed people look extremely sad for a reason unknown. ā¦
A story that has silently reshaped the lives of humans all across the planet
Almost everybody on the planet poops on a daily basis, often in the complete solitude and utmost comfort of their toilet. Whether you admit it or not research has confirmed that pooping is seemingly the only time when most of our minds are at the highest level of cognitive ease.
The reason being that it is the only activity during which we truly let go of all our problems and inhibitions which, in turn, allows our mind to experience the innate joyous feeling of living in the moment. ā¦
Life becomes a lot more fascinating as you witness the splendour of wildlife
1) āThe First Catchā by Shivang Mehta
This picture was captured moments before 11 months old Pacmanās made his first independent kill. The photographer revealed that the young tiger seized the fawn by its back instead of its neck. For the next few minutes, the forest was filled with the painful cries of the fawn as the inexperienced tiger began savouring his meal before choking and killing his prey. He added that āPacman failed to give the fawn a peaceful death due to the lack of experience hunting.ā
2) āA Heartful Laughā by Julie Hunt
Wildlife Photographer Julie Hunt caught the hilarious expressions of this overjoyed seal. The seal had been casually basking inā¦
The āFallen Astronautā was left behind by the crew onboard the Apollo-15 Mission.
The 20th of July, 1969, was a watershed moment in human history. It was the day when American astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission descended onto the moonās surface. By so doing so, they became the first-ever humans in recorded human history to step foot on a celestial body.
Since then, 24 astronauts from various countries have visited our moonās vicinity. At least 12 individuals have touched down on the moonās surface as part of six separate missions.
These space missions have helped us gather incredible amounts of knowledge about our planetās only natural satellite.
Nevertheless, on the flip sideā¦
Nostalgic photographs that will transport you back in time
1. Fourteen months old Prince Philip photographed in Corfu, 1922
Was it really a suicide or was it a cold-blooded murder?
The life of Van Goghās is often seen to be one of the greatest mysteries to have baffled the art community across the globe.
Right from the very beginning, Vincent Van Goghās life was plagued by numerous maladies like epilepsy, syphilis, and mental illness. To further add to the troubles his alcoholism had turned him into a complete dipsomaniac. Nevertheless, he did not let his adversities get the better of him.
He routed his inner turmoil onto his canvas and turned them into blazingly extraordinary masterpieces. Despite producing some stupendous works he remained unknown all throughout his life. ā¦
History
A personally motivated exploit that misled the entire scientific community for over four decades
By the end of the 19th century, a new school of thought was making its rounds in the scientific community. In a few years that followed, the factuality of this hypothesis was proven to be true. Hereās a gist of the hypothesis:
A few million years ago, due to an obscure āgene copying errorā human beings split into a separate species from the great apes; thereby setting forth the beginning of a new era of biological evolution.
This theory leads us to an inevitable implication which is: our current human species finds its roots to a long-lost African ape motherā¦
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