Steve Mitchell
November 29th, 2003, 11:14 PM
Ran across this very interesting piece on the first photograph ever taken. The "photographer" was Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. You can find a link to the article here (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/news/press/2003/firstphotograph.html). Wonder if he had any front focusing issues. :)
Here's a breif excerpt from the test:
"Created by Niépce around 1826, the First Photograph is a unique image produced in camera upon a pewter plate and records the view from an upper story window of Niépce's home in the village of St.-Loup-des-Varennes. The early photographic process, called "heliography" by Niépce, required an all-day exposure upon the pewter plate, which had been coated with a light-sensitive substance called bitumen of Judea. The resulting image, the earliest known permanent camera image taken from nature, was rediscovered in 1952 by photo historian Helmut Gernsheim."
quoted from The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Here's a breif excerpt from the test:
"Created by Niépce around 1826, the First Photograph is a unique image produced in camera upon a pewter plate and records the view from an upper story window of Niépce's home in the village of St.-Loup-des-Varennes. The early photographic process, called "heliography" by Niépce, required an all-day exposure upon the pewter plate, which had been coated with a light-sensitive substance called bitumen of Judea. The resulting image, the earliest known permanent camera image taken from nature, was rediscovered in 1952 by photo historian Helmut Gernsheim."
quoted from The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center