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The First Two Men in the World Photographed Immortalized in Paris by a Plaque Place De La République

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A shoe shiner and his client would be the first in the world to have been photographed, by chance, by Louis Daguerre, in the spring of 1838. Tribute is paid to them on the occasion of the bicentenary of invention. The story of a long project of three filmmaker producers, with the city hall of Paris.

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To mark the bicentennial of the invention of photography, Paris is paying tribute to the shoe shiner and his customer, who were inadvertently immortalized by Louis Daguerre in the spring of 1838.

·Paris, France
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A shoe shiner and his client would be the first in the world to have been photographed, by chance, by Louis Daguerre, in the spring of 1838. Tribute is paid to them on the occasion of the bicentenary of invention. The story of a long project of three filmmaker producers, with the city hall of Paris.

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Radio France broke the news on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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