Nicéphore Niépce

Biography: 19th Century inventor of photography Nicéphore Niépce

Biography: 19th Century inventor of photography Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce (1765 – 1833) was a French inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field. The date of Niépce’s first photographic experiments is uncertain. He was led to them by his interest in the new art of lithography, for which he realized he lacked the necessary skill and artistic ability, and by his acquaintance with the camera obscura,…