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Home / Photo / The historian Rafael Garofano shows one of the first photographic portraits produced in Spain. The image was taken by the American George W Halsey, who travelled to Cádiz in 1841 with a camera, surprising residents by producing 5cm plates in 4 minutes

The historian Rafael Garofano shows one of the first photographic portraits produced in Spain. The image was taken by the American George W Halsey, who travelled to Cádiz in 1841 with a camera, surprising residents by producing 5cm plates in 4 minutes