First photograph

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the world's first photograph in Chalon-sur-Saône, France in 1826. Niépce's appreciation and experiments with lithography led to his first permanent photograph produced on pewter. Niépce had begun experimenting with light-sensitive materials as early as 1816, but spent the most of his time with his brothers attempting to develop a combustion engine.
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