The UnWritten

Clues Introduction:

It was in 1826 when Joseph Nicephore Niépce of France took a photograph of roof tops outside of his attic window. This is the first universally credited permanent photograph still in existence.

Ever since the first photograph people have been clicking photos like crazy. Each time a shutter clicks it captures a flash in time. All these photos are filled with mystery and unexplained bits of people's lives. In this section you will learn how to step into your photo and like a great detective find the clues that will help you tell your photo's story.

So many photographs have nothing written, leaving mysterious questions about the date or where the photo was taken. Many of the mysteries have to do with historic matter such as: who are the people in these family photos, what are they doing and why was this photo taken? Is this picture in its natural setting or was it staged? Is it an original or a copy? Are there clues to when this photo was taken? In this section I will go over some of these aspects and show you how to find clues in photographs.

To me, finding the hidden clues in a photograph is very exciting. When I was looking through the box of old photos I was looking for a photo that might have some great mystery to be solved. The photo at the top of this page at first appeared to be just a mother and her baby but this photo kept catching my eye, there was something unsettling within it. Something was not right. At that time I had no idea of the tragic horror I was to uncover. So, consider yourself forewarned before opening the photo-story below.

Click on the title below to open the story window. When you close the story window you will still be here.