{"id":1470,"date":"2017-09-10T21:45:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T19:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:37:23","slug":"following-the-footsteps-of-joseph-nicephore-niepce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/en\/following-the-footsteps-of-joseph-nicephore-niepce\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the footsteps of Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce \u2013 * 7. March 1765 in Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne, Frankreich; \u2020 5. Juli 1833 in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes.\n\nJoseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce\n\nNi\u00e9pce, who had one sister and two brothers, was an officer in the French army from 1789 to 1811. He managed the Nice district from 1795 to 1801, then dedicated himself to mechanical and chemical works with his brother Claude Ni\u00e9pce. From 1815 he focused on the lithography. From 1816 onwards, Ni\u00e9pce began to produce images with a camera obscura.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" data-id=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Geburtshaus-von-Joseph-Nic\u00e9phore-Ni\u00e9pce-1.jpg\" alt=\"Birthplace of Joseph-Nic\u00e9phore-Ni\u00e9pce\" class=\"wp-image-857\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1480\" src=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Geburtshaus-von-Joseph-Nic\u00e9phore-Ni\u00e9pce-Przemek-Zajfert-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Geburtshaus-von-Joseph-Nic\u00e9phore-Ni\u00e9pce-Przemek-Zajfert-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Geburtshaus-von-Joseph-Nic\u00e9phore-Ni\u00e9pce-Przemek-Zajfert-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The First&nbsp;<strong>Photograph in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 1816, Ni\u00e9pce attached sheets of paper coated with&nbsp;<strong>silver salts<\/strong>&nbsp;(silver chloride) to the back of a&nbsp;<strong>pinhole camera<\/strong>. In this way, he created the&nbsp;<strong>first photograph of the world<\/strong>: a view from the window of his study. The result was a small, inverted negative image of the outside world. However, the picture was not permanent \u2013 once exposed to light again, the silver salts continued to darken until the image vanished. Ni\u00e9pce called this process \u201cRetina.\u201d This very technique is also the basis for the&nbsp;<strong>long exposure photography<\/strong>&nbsp;we use in our&nbsp;<em>The 7th Day<\/em>&nbsp;project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Guaiacum Resin to&nbsp;<strong>Bitumen of Judea<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1485\" src=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/natur-asphalt-pyrimont-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"natural-asphalt-pyrimont\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/natur-asphalt-pyrimont-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/natur-asphalt-pyrimont-300x300-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1486\" src=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pyrimont-an-der-Rh\u00f4ne-02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pyrimont-at-the-Rh\u00f4ne\" class=\"wp-image-1486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pyrimont-an-der-Rh\u00f4ne-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pyrimont-an-der-Rh\u00f4ne-02-300x300-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Disappointed by the fleeting nature of these first results, Ni\u00e9pce turned in 1817 to&nbsp;<strong>guaiacum resin<\/strong>. This yellow resin turned greenish when exposed to daylight and was difficult to dissolve in alcohol, which suggested the possibility of producing more durable images. However, guaiacum only reacted to UV light, which was largely filtered out by the glass lenses of the camera obscura. As a result, no lasting images could be produced inside the camera \u2013 only direct sunlight contact prints were possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ni\u00e9pce then experimented with&nbsp;<strong>bitumen of Judea<\/strong>, a dark, tar-like mineral mined near his home in Seyssel. When finely ground and dissolved in lavender oil, it could be spread thinly on copper plates, tin, or glass and then hardened on a hot plate. Once exposed in the&nbsp;<strong>camera obscura<\/strong>&nbsp;for several hours or even days, the illuminated parts of the coating hardened, while the less exposed areas could be washed away with a mixture of lavender oil and petroleum. Ni\u00e9pce described this process in detail in his&nbsp;<em>Notice sur l\u2019H\u00e9liographie<\/em>&nbsp;(1829).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-last-resting-place\" class=\"wp-image-1487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/the-7th-day.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-letzte-ruhest\u00e4tte.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-last-resting-place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ni\u00e9pce and Daguerre \u2013 Collaboration and Competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following years, Ni\u00e9pce collaborated with Parisian artist&nbsp;<strong>Louis Daguerre<\/strong>, who was also experimenting with optical methods. Together they searched for ways to make images permanent. After Ni\u00e9pce\u2019s death in 1833, Daguerre continued their experiments and developed the process that would later bear his name: the&nbsp;<strong>daguerreotype<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Ni\u00e9pce\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>heliography<\/strong>&nbsp;laid the foundation for modern photography, it was the daguerreotype that gained international recognition. It was easier to handle, required shorter&nbsp;<strong>exposure times<\/strong>, and could be marketed more successfully. Ni\u00e9pce himself never lived to see great success \u2013 his heliographic technique gradually faded into obscurity, even though his&nbsp;<strong>first photograph in history<\/strong>&nbsp;remains a milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce \u2013 * 7. March 1765 in Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne, Frankreich; \u2020 5. Juli 1833 in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. 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