Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photograph in 1826 or 1827, proving to the future that life used to be in black and white. Niépce used the camera box invented by Charles and Vincent Chevalier, introducing this exciting new technology to peeping toms and private eyes around the world. Early cameras presented challenges, especially at sporting events, since the camera required sometimes several minutes of exposure to make a picture. If anyone moved, the picture would come out blurry. Early horse races were thus run very slowly for the benefit of sport photographers. Cameras have obviously sped up in the modern day, allowing high school boys to take a plethora of pictures of the girls locker room and email them to his friend before getting caught.