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Who opened the first photography studio?
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Nadar (Felix Toumachon), 1853, Paris
The first professional photography studio in the U.S. was opened in 1840 in New York by Alexander S Wolcott and John Johnson
The first professional photography studio in the U.S. was opened in 1840 in New York by Alexander S Wolcott and John Johnson.
Richard Beard is thought to have opened Europe’s first photographic studio at London’s Royal Polytechnic Institution on March 23, 1841.
The first professional photography studio in the U.S. was opened in 1840 in New York by Alexander S Wolcott and John Johnson.
Felix Toumachon
Bonus Snow Trivia question for 9/29/10 sponsored by Transparent.com! What is the origin of the word trivia?
The first professional photography studio in the U.S. was opened in 1840 in New York by Alexander S Wolcott and John Johnson.
The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin for “crossroads”: “tri-” + “via”, which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streeets in Rome (or some other Italian place), they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of “trivia.”