First Photograph 1827
First Photograph 1827
John Nicephore Niepce
March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833
John Niece, a French inventor, was responsible for the first photograph in August of 1825. He also invented the first internal combustion engine with the help of his brother Claude.
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Louis Daguerre
November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851
Louis Daguerre started life as an architect and stage designer is a Paris theater. He used a camera obscura as a aid to painting in perspective . In 1826 he hear of John Niepce and his work in capturing an image. The two got together and in 1829 they signed a partnership agreement. This did not last very long at Niepce died in 1833. Daguerre continued on with the project and developed the Daguerreotype, Photography now had its start and it is only history as to what happened then.
