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Old 10-07-18, 08:02
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The very first photo of a clear human face was taken around 1839/40 by John William Draper. The earliest image to survive is of his sister, Dorothy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Draper

This 1838 wedding photo looks (to me) like it was taken in a studio in the late 1850s or 1860s.
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