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A Brief History of Photography (2)
The first photograph
The world's first photograph was taken by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. He coated a polished pewter plate with bitumen of Judea, exposed it to light for eight hours and then treated it with a solution of oil of lavender and turpentine. This produced a ghostly image of a view of the courtyard at Gras, France and is officially recognized as the world's oldest existing photograph. Some believe that he succeeded as early as 1822, but if so, the image did not survive. His creation of a permanent image was fundamental to the development of photography.
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