Nicéphore Niépce

Niépce was born March 7, 1765 and lived until July 5, 1833. He worked as an inventor which led to him becoming the first person to produce a photograph using a camera obscura.

First found photograph taken by Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce

This picture is famous for being the earliest known photo, taken by a camera obscura. Niépce figured out how to create a light sensitive paper that would darken when light touched it, also known as bitumen. In this particular image, there is a scene of nature outside of a window at Le Gas, taken in 1826 or 1827. I like this picture because of the different shades of grey and black. The buildings are lit on both sides because the photo had an 8 hour exposure time, so the sun shifted while the picture was being taken. The photograph is now being kept in the Harry Ransom Humanities Center.