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one of the copy prints to clean it up and make the scene more comprehensible, and until the late 1970s he allowed only that enhanced version to be published. It became apparent that at some point in time after the copying in 1952, the plate was disfigured and acquired bumps near three of its corners,
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were publicly announced in January 1839, Bauer championed Niépce's right to be acknowledged as the first inventor of a process for making permanent photographs. On March 9, 1839, the specimens were finally exhibited at the Royal Society. After Bauer's death in 1840 they passed through several hands
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and his wife, Alison Gernsheim, tracked down the photograph in 1952 and brought it to prominence, reinforcing the claim that Niépce is the inventor of photography. They had an expert at the Kodak Research Laboratory make a modern photographic copy, but it proved extremely difficult to produce an
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A very long exposure in the camera was required. Sunlight strikes the buildings on opposite sides, suggesting an exposure that lasted about eight hours, which has become the traditional estimate, however, a modern researcher who studied Niépce's notes and recreated his processes found that the
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Pascual-Izarra, Carlos; Barradas, Nuno P.; Reis, Miguel A.; Jeynes, Chris; Menu, Michel; Lavedrine, Bertrand; Ezrati, Jean Jacques; Röhrs, Stefan (2007-08-31). "Towards truly simultaneous PIXE and RBS analysis of layered objects in cultural heritage".
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During the 1950s and early 1960s, the Gernsheims toured the photograph to several exhibitions in continental Europe. In 1963, Harry Ransom purchased most of the Gernsheims' photography collection for the
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alloyed with lead, as well as trace amounts of iron, copper, and nickel). The institute also designed and built the elaborate display case system that now houses the
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was the only example of a camera photograph; the rest were contact-exposed copies of artwork. Bauer encouraged him to present his "heliography" process to the
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Some Thoughts on the World's First Photograph ", The Photographic Journal, vol. 107 (4), avril 1967, p. 130-140 ; cf. H. Gernsheim,
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1826 is also mentioned p.14, in the chapter written by Paul-Louis Roubert and François Brunet on the specialized reference book « 
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In late 1826, Niépce visited the United Kingdom. He showed this and several other specimens of his work to botanical illustrator
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reoriented, enhancement (right). The photo was found to be taken at his home from a second-story south-facing bedroom window.
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in 1982, Gernsheim goes back on his dating, and validate the date of 1826, proposed by P.-G. Harmant et P. Marillier in 1967
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Demonstration of camera obscura. The original image gets rotated and reversed through a small hole onto an opposite surface.
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which caused light to reflect in ways that interfered with the visibility of those areas and of the image as a whole.
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Analyzing the world's first photograph. Precious image studied at Getty Institute in Los Angeles.
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In 2007, scientists from the Louvre Museum published an analysis of the photograph using
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adequate representation of all that could be seen when inspecting the actual plate.
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was last publicly shown in 1905 and then fell into obscurity for nearly fifty years.
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projected onto a 16.2 cm Ă— 20.2 cm (6.4 in Ă— 8.0 in)
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The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum
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During a study and conservation project in 2002–2003, scientists at the
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in a continuously monitored, stabilized, oxygen-free environment.
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National Public Radio, April 7, 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
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The Miracle of Analogy : Or The History of Photography
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and were occasionally exhibited as historical curiosities.
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was said to have a "fair claim" as the first photograph.
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Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Index


colorized
French
heliographic
photograph
inventor
Nicéphore Niépce
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Le Gras
fr

camera obscura
pewter
bitumen of Judea
asphalt
oil of lavender
white petroleum
Francis Bauer
Royal Society
Louis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot


Harry Ransom Center
Helmut Gernsheim
retouched
University of Texas at Austin
Harry Ransom Center
Austin, Texas
Getty Conservation Institute

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