This is the first photo that was ever posted to the web, beginning a long tradition of poorly Photoshop'd images and brightly coloured text floating above people's heads now found all over the Internet. Next Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of that photo making its appearance on the web. This is the story of how it got there.
The photo depicts the all-female parody group Les Horribles Cernettes, four women who worked (or who were significant others of workers) at CERN and performed science-comedy songs in their spare time. The photo was taken by their manager and CERN IT developer, Silvano de Gennaro, prior to a concert by the ladies on July 18, 1992.
The story of the first photograph ever posted on the web
