Joseph Necephore Niepce

Joseph Necephore Niepce was born on March 7, 1765 in Chalon-sur-Saone. He had one sister and two brothers. Niepce enjoyed physics and chemistry and he was an inventor. In 1788, he enlisted in the National Guard in Chalon-sur-Saone. In 1792 he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army. in 1816, Niepce began to experiment with photography. In 1827, he created the very first photography with approximately an 8 hour exposure time. The photo was the view from his window at Le Gras. The photo is called Point of View. In 1829 Niepce formed a partnership with Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre to finish perfecting the technique of photography. Niepce died on Jully 5,1833, leaving Daguerre to finish the work by himself. What they were working on was eventually produced in 1837 and named the Daguerreotype.

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Picture of Niepce

Point of View