Long before front-facing smartphone cameras and selfie sticks abounded—when cameras were a new and expensive commodity—human beings already had the urge to take self portraits. This collection of 22 early selfies is about as far away as you can get from modern-day selfies—no duck faces, bunny ears or photobombers.
The first known selfie was created when American photography pioneer Robert Cornelius created a daguerreotype of himself way back at the dawn of photography in 1839.
Le Noyé (The Drowned Man), about October 18, 1840, Hippolyte Bayard.
Self-Portrait in the Garden, June 1845, Hippolyte Bayard.
M.V. Lobethal’s daguerreotype selfie, 1846.
Self-Portrait in the Garden, 1847, Hippolyte Bayard.
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