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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 
View from the Window at Le Gras 
1826- 1827 (ca) 
  
Heliograph, Oil-treated bitumen 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia 
 
LL/33070 
  
The first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Captured on 20 x 25 cm oil-treated bitumen. Due to the 8-hour exposure, the buildings are illuminated by the sun from both right and left. On 31 July 2005 this image was selected as a picture of the day on Wikipedia and is one of the treasures of photo-history. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

 
  
 
  
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