20/08/2026
Photography! 200 years ago.
tag_Peter Zuvela
August 19, 1826: Nicéphore Niépce produced the first heliograph during his attempt to capture the view from a window, exploiting the darkening properties of bitumen of Judea on a tin plate, with an exposure of approximately eight hours.
This image, known as « View from the Window at Le Gras » (The Courtyard of the Domaine du Gras), measures 20 x 25 cm, and is still intact today, preserved at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin, USA.