The Last Day

Exit Questions

~~This semester in Photo 1 I learned that almost anything can be photographed and made to look as if it is professionally done; also, I learned how to use photoshop!  Something that I learned about myself is that I do have a big interest in photography and how complex it really is; how photography has progressed throughout the years is really interesting. I wish that we would have done more nature shots; and creativity pictures. My struggle was putting different filters on photos and noise. I conquered being shy and not wanting to show my pictures to anybody else due to my insecurity in my talent for photography. I had loads of fun in photography class!~~

Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce

 Nicéphore Niépce was a French Inventor; known as one of the inventors of photography and for creating the worlds first photograph in 1852. Niépce was born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire and he also served as a staff officer in the French army under Napoleon, spending a number of years in Italy and on the island of Sardinia.
Nicéphore Niépce died on July 5, 1833, financially ruined by the semi-delirious spending of Claude (his brother).

This photo is one of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs that he's known for. It was taken by a camera obscura. It was taken from the Window at Le Gras.

Niépce could not trace the inverted images created by the camera obscura, which was popular in his day, so he looked for a way to capture the image permanently. He experimented with lithography, which made him attempt to take a photograph using a camera obscura.

In order to get this photograph he had to expose the camera obscura for 8 hours.

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