In the rural setting of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce achieved a historic breakthrough by capturing the first permanent photograph ever recorded using the heliographic process. This seminal event introduced humanity to a new way of preserving visual reality, forever altering the progress of art, science, and media.Niépce's image, known as 'View from the Window at Le Gras,...More