The first photograph was a view from a window
In 1826, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured the world's first permanent photograph from his window, a blurry image that launched the revolutionary art of photography.
The world's first permanent photograph, taken in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, captured a simple view from his window in rural France. Using a technique called heliography, Niépce exposed a light-sensitive pewter plate for about eight hours, creating a blurry but revolutionary image of rooftops and trees.
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