Captured by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or ... Next, Niépce slid the plate into a camera obscura. This technology had existed in one form or another for centuries — it was ...

French inventor Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce is credited with creating the first permanent photograph in 1826. He used a camera obscura and a pewter plate coated with bitumen of Judea, an asphalt ...