Illustration
The oldest surviving photograph, taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) in 1826 using a camera obscura. The photograph (then known as a heliograph) is titled View from the Window at La Gras. Nièpce's innovation was to permanently capture the image projected through the lens onto light-sensitive silver chloride-coated paper.
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Original image by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 20 March 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Niépce, . N. (2023, March 20). The Earliest Photograph by Niépce. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17208/the-earliest-photograph-by-niepce/
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Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore. "The Earliest Photograph by Niépce." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 20, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17208/the-earliest-photograph-by-niepce/.
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Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore. "The Earliest Photograph by Niépce." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 20 Mar 2023. Web. 19 Apr 2024.
