Who was the first person to take aerial photographs?
Louis Daguerre
Édouard Manet
Claude Monet
Nadar
Answer
Nadar, a French photographer and balloonist, is credited with taking the first aerial photograph in 1858. He attached a camera to a balloon and took photographs from the air, which were then developed and printed. Nadar's aerial photographs were not only groundbreaking in their own right, but they also helped to pave the way for the development of aerial photography as a whole.
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