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).
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.
