Historical Photographer Research

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Born in March 7, 1765 and died July 5, 1833. He was a French inventor and also the most noted as one of the inventors of photography. In 1825 he produced the world’s first known photograph.

He was born in Chalon-sur-saone, located in eastern France.

He served as a staff officer in the French army under Dapoleon and spent several years in Italy and on the island of Sardinia.

He actually invented Heliography which earliest known permanent photograph from nature.

The process of Heliography is coating on glass or metal, which hardened in relation to exposure to light. When the plate was washed with oil of lavender, only the hardened image area remained.

He actually used camera obscura for capture the scene. He placed the sheet inside a camera obscura to capture the picture, and after 8 hours later, he removed the sheet and washed with oil of lavender only hardened image area.

Now, we recognized his “heliographic” process as the first successful example of ‘photography.’ However, at that time, he only got little credit from French government, even though French Government purchased his invention.

Through his invention, he actually worked with the light. He created image on a light-sensitive surface, by the action of light. He had goals that using the light look color correctly. Even though he figured out eventually, he had to work with UV and other sources of lighting. Also he want steady shot so he also worked with camera obscura.

This image is the first known as photograph.