Explosion Of Photographs

Posted on 2/12/2015 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

The oldest photo on record is of a man on a Paris street getting his shoes shined. It was taken in 1838. In the first 170 years of photography up to the year 2000 it is estimated that 85 billion photos were taken. In 2014 alone, thanks to selfies, almost 1 trillion photos were taken and the number is expected to grow in 2015.


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