Heliography
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The Dawn of Light: Inside Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’
Captured on a polished pewter plate in 1826, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s faint, sun-drenched view of his Burgundy estate stands as the world’s oldest surviving camera photograph, bridging the ancient camera obscura and modern visual history.