The earliest known surviving example of a …
Years: 1826 - 1826
The earliest known surviving example of a successful permanent photograph is created by Nicéphore Niépce in June 1826 at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, when he captures the roof and surrounding countryside of his estate, Le Gras, as seen from an upstairs window.
Niépce creates the photo with a camera obscura focused onto a 20 × 25 cm (7.9 × 9.8 in) pewter plate coated with bitumen of Judea, a mixture similar to asphalt.
The bitumen mixture hardens when exposed to the light, while the unexposed portions remains water soluble and can be washed away with a mixture of oil of lavender and white petroleum.
View from the Window at Le Gras (1826), Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photograph of a scene from nature taken with a camera obscura. Due to the 8 hour exposure, sunlight illuminates the buildings on both sides.
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Years: 1826 - 1826
View from the Window at Le Gras (1826), Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photograph of a scene from nature taken with a camera obscura. Due to the 8 hour exposure, sunlight illuminates the buildings on both sides.
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