The earliest photography studio opened in march 1840 in New York. Alexander Wolcott opened a Daguerrean Parlor for mini portraits.

Louis Daguerre invented the first procees of photography.

Robert Cornelius was the first photographer to take a portrait over a year after the first image of a human being.

this is the first selfie ever taken ( by Robert Cornelius)

after this early portraiture people got much better at taking photos that show something and have meaning, they do this is through using light and shadow in a new way.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn painted shadows on his portrait painting.

this was then adapted to photography

this shows the Rembrant light and the triangle is highlighted to show that this triangle under the eye is a key part of a Rembrandt light.

Oliver Doran is a commercial photographer

this is of Oliver Doran’s most famous portraits of Robert De Niro this image is very good he uses a modified Rembrandt light with slightly more of the face than just the triangle on one side. it is good that this image is black and white because it fits the subject well.