The Poignant Story of the World's First Staged Photograph

The staged photograph has long been part of photographers' tools for creative expression, but how far back it goes is probably not known to many of us. Thankfully, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes has the answer for us, as well as the dismal story behind what is now called the world's first staged photograph. In a Darkroom episode, he tells us about the events that led to its creation by a French artist and experimenter named Hippolyte Bayard.