Who Took the First Camera Photo in the World?
Even if you have an eidetic memory, you cannot resist the appeal of photos. Photos are a reminder of our yesteryears. Not only do we capture special people and places, but we also look at our old photos and recall how far we’ve come. Thanks to technology, we can just whip out our smartphones and take a quick selfie. But have you ever thought of the first ever photo in the world? God knows we have! It is OUR Roman empire.
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, known for his camera photo 'heliography', captured the first camera photo in 1826-1827 in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France. The date of the capture remains debated, but the photograph, which went missing until 1952, is now part of the Gernsheim Collection of the University of Texas.
Niépce invented the first light-sensitive photo by mixing asphalt with lavender oil and spreading it on a pewter plate. The plate was left in the camera obscura for eight hours, hardened by light exposure, and washed with lavender water. Louis Daguerre perfected his technique and created another revolutionary photo method.