Monday, September 17, 2012

Nicephore Niepce

Nicephore Niepce:
a. Nicephore created the worlds first photograph, in 1826. He took these pictures through a camera obscura. As well as forming the world's first photograph, Nicephore was a successful inventor, making an internal combustion engine.
b. Nicephore took a photograph of a courtyard from an upstairs window, and this became the photograph that he was most know for.
c.  The photograph is important because it was the first photograph that was permanent in the world. 
d.  The photo was taken out of an upstairs window in a house looking out to a courtyard and landscape.
e. The exposure for the picture was eight hours.
f. In 1826, the photo was taken.
E.C. The University of Texas Austin currently has the photograph.