Photography: VIEW FROM THE WINDOW AT LE GRAS
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Photographer:
JOSEPH NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE
Genre: Landscape
Date: 1826
Location: Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France
Format: Bitumen-coated pewter plate
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“Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) tried to find a way to capture the images he saw in the camera obscura, an optical device of the time used by artists to produce detailed drawings.
He experimented with light-sensitive silver salts, but he was unable to fis the images they created, and so moved his research to bitumen of Judea, a naturally occurring asphalt with light-sensitive properties. By coating a metal plate with bitumen dissolved in a solvent, Niépce found that he could create a lasting image, a process he dubbed ‘heliography.’
This image showing the courtyard outside his house was taken using this method and is thought to be the earliest surviving photograph. The exposure took around eight hours, and the image is indistinct, and Niépce continued to refine his method. In 1829 he began to collaborate with Louis Daguerre but died four years later, so Daguerre received much of the credit for Niépce’s work.” (LB)
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