First Photographic Image

Before Daguerre and Fox-Talbot there was Joseph (Nicephore) Niepce. In 1816 Niepce (pronounced Nee-ps), using a camera obscura and patiently waiting 8 hours, produced the first ever photographic image. The image quickly faded. Then in 1824 he produced the first fixed image, this image took multiple days of exposure.

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View from the Window at Le Gras, the first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827, in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Captured on 20 × 25 cm oil-treated bitumen. Due to the 8-hour exposure, the buildings are illuminated by the sun from both right and left.