Nicéphore Niépce (March
7, 1765 – July 5, 1833) was a French inventor, most noted as one of the
inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field.
Among
Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first
'internal combustion engine', which he conceived, created, and developed
with his older brother Claude.
In 1826, Nicéphore Niépce took what is believed to be the world’s first photograph, titled View from the Window at Le Gras, at his family’s country home Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Niépce produced his photo—a view of a courtyard and outbuildings seen from the house’s upstairs window—by exposing a bitumen-coated plate in a camera obscura for several hours on his windowsill.
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| View from the Window at Le Gras |
