APIs often come in the form of a library that includes specifications for routines, data structures, object classes, and variables. In other cases, notably SOAP and REST services, an API is simply a specification of remote calls exposed to the API consumers.
The inventor of the photographic process in which a photograph produced without a negative by exposing objects to light on light sensitive paper, is named Man Ray.
In invention of photography is credited to Nicephore Niece 1765 - 1833 France-who made the first permanent picture, a view from his window using a camera of his design. This first picture was taken in 1827.