Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833),one of the French inventors of photography. Niepce developed a process he called heliography in the 1820s. He later worked on other photographic techniques with Louis Daguerre. This bronze statue was erected in Niepce's birthplace of Chalon-sur-Saone,France,and unveiled on 21 June 1885. It was cast to a design by the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugene Guillaume. Niepce is holding a photographic plate in his left hand,with an early camera at lower right. Artwork from the seventh volume (first period of 1891) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree' | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library |
Bildgröße: | 3361 px × 6285 px |
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