Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Joseph Nicephore Niepce is the first person to successfully produce a photograph. In 1822, he made his first permanent print using the camera obscura. Niepce went to England later to promote his invention. To his dismay, the royal society ruled his invention had to be kept secret. So, Joseph Nicephore Niepce teamed up with Louis Daugerre in 1829.
Time Line of Niepce's Life
1793 - First conception of photography together with Claude (brother) at Cagliari during military service. Letter found in Russia in 1946.
1816 - First paper negatives. Has problem with permanence.
1817 - Experiments with gases and acid fumes, phosphor and other dangerous materials. Begins using camera and Guaiacum resin. Problems with lenses, control of light. Designs diaphragm.
1817-22 - Experiments with bitumen of Judea and other resins on their response to light. Works on stone, then glass. Discovers Heliography. Uses pewter plates and etches them. Main interest is to achieve a positive camera image.
1824 - Niepce produces images by contact printing using stone and asphalt, pewter and asphalt, and copper and asphalt. Creates first view from window using stone and asphalt (no longer exists).
1826* - Produces first preserved photograph from nature. View from his workshop window uses asphalt on a pewter plate. Image discovered by Helmut Gernsheim (photo-historian) in 1952.
1827-28 - Experiments with fumes of iodine to darken unexposed areas. This is a guiding line to the later development of the Daguerreotype. Trip to England, stops in Paris to meet Daguerre. Tries to sell Heliography to England without success.
1829 - Enters first contractual agreement with Daguerre. Attempts to publish comprehensive account of Heliography. Suppressed by Daguerre.
1833 - Nicephore Niepce dies of a stroke.
1793 - First conception of photography together with Claude (brother) at Cagliari during military service. Letter found in Russia in 1946.
1816 - First paper negatives. Has problem with permanence.
1817 - Experiments with gases and acid fumes, phosphor and other dangerous materials. Begins using camera and Guaiacum resin. Problems with lenses, control of light. Designs diaphragm.
1817-22 - Experiments with bitumen of Judea and other resins on their response to light. Works on stone, then glass. Discovers Heliography. Uses pewter plates and etches them. Main interest is to achieve a positive camera image.
1824 - Niepce produces images by contact printing using stone and asphalt, pewter and asphalt, and copper and asphalt. Creates first view from window using stone and asphalt (no longer exists).
1826* - Produces first preserved photograph from nature. View from his workshop window uses asphalt on a pewter plate. Image discovered by Helmut Gernsheim (photo-historian) in 1952.
1827-28 - Experiments with fumes of iodine to darken unexposed areas. This is a guiding line to the later development of the Daguerreotype. Trip to England, stops in Paris to meet Daguerre. Tries to sell Heliography to England without success.
1829 - Enters first contractual agreement with Daguerre. Attempts to publish comprehensive account of Heliography. Suppressed by Daguerre.
1833 - Nicephore Niepce dies of a stroke.