THE FIRST WORLD’S PHOTOGRAPH

The first ever photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Niépce. He was born on the 7th of March 1765  and died on the 5th of July 1833, he was a French inventor. Also being a retired army general, he was known to be the inventor of photography. The camera of Joseph was made of two wooden boxes, one that holds the lens and the other the ground glass screen. The image seen underneath was the first photograph.

‘’The grainy picture the world’s first photograph called “View from the Window at Le Gras” (circa 1826), taken and developed by French photographer pioneer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He called this process “heliography” or sun drawing – it certainly was a long process: the exposure time was about 8 hours.’’

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