The first ever "permanent image" (later called a photograph) was taken in 1826 and it took 8hours of exposure before it actually became a photo because up until then all of the images that had been taken were disappearing when placed in any light.
I though it would be a good idea to start the blog by telling you about where photography actually began by learning about the person who introduced us to photography.
So there won't be any confusion I am going to be saying the first photograph ever taken was in 1826 because this is the very first photo that still exists today and photography has progressed from the method of taking this photo, because there were technically other photos taken before that such as "sun photos" in 1800 but if exposed to strong light it wouldn't stay. So they created a different method that led us to the modern photography that we have today.
France was where the first photo was taken, Burgundy to be precise. There was a man called Nicéphore Niépce who created the permanent image (like I was talking about earlier) who lived in France, he was an inventor and photography was definitely his greatest invention.
Niépce grew up with a good education and he was born and raised in a wealthy family which probably gave him an advantage because whenever he failed to create a photograph he could afford to have another go and try again
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce#/media/File:View_from_the_Window_at_Le_Gras,_Joseph_Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce.jpg |
The image I have linked above is the longest existing photograph that is around today, this was taken by Niépce and he called it "view from the window at le gras".
