#3 and #4 Him? There are two persons there, the shoe polisher and the customer. I think they are both equally important here, although they probably was not when this photo was done. Even more, there was a lot of people in the street, but they disappeared because of the long exposure time.
Robert Cornelius, a Dutch chemist and immigrant to Philadelphia, took a daguerreotype portrait of himself outside of his family's store. Yes people, this is the first selfie ever!
#3 and #4 Him? There are two persons there, the shoe polisher and the customer. I think they are both equally important here, although they probably was not when this photo was done. Even more, there was a lot of people in the street, but they disappeared because of the long exposure time.
Well, nice post!