His neighbors “thought him mad to spend so many hours staring into a coffin.” James Clerk Maxwell wasn’t a photographer, but he created the world’s oldest color photo with an idea still used today https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/his-neighbors-thought-him-mad-to-spend-so-many-hours-staring-into-a-coffin-james-clerk-maxwell-wasnt-a-photographer-but-he-created-the-worlds-oldest-color-photo-with-an-idea-still-used-today?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Digital Camera World @digital-camera-world-DigitalCameraW