# Boulevard du Temple

- By: Louis Daguerre
- Date: between 24 April 1838 and 4 May 1838 (or possibly 1837)
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Scanned from The Photography Book, Phaidon Press, London, 1997.
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg/1920px-Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Boulevard du Temple, Paris, 3rd arrondissement, Daguerreotype. Made in 1838 by inventor Louis Daguerre, this is believed to be the earliest photograph showing a living person. It is a view of a busy street, but because the exposure lasted for 4 to 5 minutes (see shutter speed Daguerre photo explained) the moving traffic left no trace. Only the two men near the bottom left corner, one apparently having his boots polished by the other, stayed in one place long enough to be visible. As with most daguerreotypes, the image is a mirror image.