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title: "First photo in the world"  
description: "A short explanation of the history of the first photo and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2763/first-photo-in-the-world  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["Photo", "picture", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# First photo in the world

![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/87dc598d-54d3-4f63-bf24-4753edf4637a.jpeg) ![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/87dc598d-54d3-4f63-bf24-4753edf4637a.jpeg) View from the Window at Le Gras, taken by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826, is the world's oldest surviving photograph. ![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/16a2b28c-da8b-4574-a649-c013088622f9.jpeg) It's a basic shot of a view from Niépce's estate in France's Burgundy area, and it took eight hours to expose. ![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/16a2b28c-da8b-4574-a649-c013088622f9.jpeg) The shot is quite faint, but it is still visible, and it is an impressive accomplishment. ![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/a0f73ea9-2d48-4eb1-8532-b7982f9b4ee3.jpeg) He utilized heliography, a technique that involves covering a metal plate with Judean bitumen, a light-sensitive material. ![First photo in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/000380a9-f9e6-4ad6-b380-6f795fb79e58/images/a0f73ea9-2d48-4eb1-8532-b7982f9b4ee3.jpeg) The plate was exposed to light, causing the bitumen to harden. The unhardened bitumen was removed, leaving a permanent image.

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