The summer of 1826 was a turning point in recorded human history After ten years of failed experimentation a man by the name of Joseph Nicephore Niépce created the first permanent surviving photograph...

In 1827, a Frenchmen named Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first fixed image Another French citizen experimenting with images during the first half of the 19th century was Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre...