article_snippet.sent: It was the first time people really had the opportunity to take a photograph without people subjects knowing,’ said museum curator and historian Margot Riley.
article_snippet.sent: This was really the beginning of the mass photography you see today.
article_snippet.sent: She said that this was the first time people would’ve been confronted with the idea of being photographed or observed on the streets without people knowledge,  spurring on early conversations about privacy laws.
article_snippet.sent: This was the first time people were confronted with the idea of being photographed without people knowledge .
article_snippet.sent: It was the first time individuals who weren't trained in the science and chemistry of photography had the opportunity to dabble in the art.
highlights_snippet.sent: the 'Detective Camera' was the first time people could be photographed without people knowledge .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Amateur photographers using the 'Detective Camera' initiated the first talks about surveillance and privacy laws .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: This was also the first chance people had to use a camera if people weren't trained in the science behind photography .
  