Pay attention, my dear photographer

Perhaps photography has been around longer than we think, hmm?

“When silver is melted, some small lead-colored particles remain at the bottom of the recipient. If these particles are taken and mixed with animal resin, a thick solution will be obtained which must be poured into a recipient where light does not penetrate.

Then, in absolute darkness, a metallic plate can be impregnated with this solution and is then ready upon exposure to the sun’s rays to record the contours of any object that is placed upon it.**”
**Texts found in 1925 by the Catalan historian Pedro Pl?. They were found in the regional library in Granada amongst manuscripts from Alexandria

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