thus paving the way for

Here's a couple in 1850, minding their own business, just taking a picture of themselves holding up a picture.



Couple Holding Daguerreotype, c. 1850, daguerreotype via realitybites


thus paving the way for like a hundred thousand of these:

lindsay josal photography via booooooom

and of course this sort of thing

via peter nitsch

overexposed a bit via intotemptation