I have always (well okay, since I saw it) loved this photograph. Especially the look on his face.

Shit i gotta go get some rice.

If I understand correctly, and there's a pretty good chance I don't, this was the first photograph that didn't have the subject standing solemnly.

edit: whoopsie

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/6560456

Robert operated some of the earliest photography studios in the US.

Here he is in 1876, in non-selfie form 17 years before his death.

The Earth was photographed from the Moon in all its glory on August 23rd, 1966, by a Lunar Orbiter.

The Statue of Antinous at Delphi is an ancient statue that was found during excavations in Delphi.

During the excavations, the statue was discovered upright on its pedestal, next to the wall of a brick chamber, alongside the holy Temple. Roman coins minted to honour Αntinous show the statue accompanied by the epithet "Propylaeus", from which it is legitimate to infer that it was originally placed at the entrance to the sanctuary. Later it suffered damage and broke at the height of the knee, so that it had to be moved closer to the temple of Apollo, in a sort of chapel, where it was found during excavations in relatively good condition. Its idealized characteristics as well as the intense polishing of its marble surface with a special oil (which helped it to survive gleaming and in excellent condition) indicate that it belongs to the time of the radical Hadrian.

The heavy grain is due to the huge amount of radiation in the air that began to destroy the camera film the second it was exposed for this photo.