Monday, September 17, 2012

Nicephore Niepce

A.

  1. Fought in the French Revolution 
  2. Real name was Joseph but later changed it to Nicephore after a saint. 
  3. His father was a lawyer. 
B. He was known for the View from the window at Le Gras. 

C. This was the first know picture ever to be taken. 

D. It was taken from the upstairs window of his house in Saint-Loop-De-Varennes. 

E. The exposure took 8 hours. 

F. It was taken in 1826. 

EC. The photo is displayed at Reiss-Engelhorn which is in Mannheim Germany in an exhibit called The Birth of Photography.