Niepce

[ nyeps ]

noun

1. Jo·seph Ni·cé·phore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-, fawr], 1765–1833, French inventor.

Niepce

/ njeps /

noun

1. NiepceJoseph-Nicéphore17651833MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: inventorTECHNOLOGY: inventor Joseph-Nicéphore (jozɛfnisefor). 1765–1833, French inventor. He produced the first photographic image (1816) and the first permanent camera photograph (1826)

Example Sentences

The photographs are made using heliography — “sun writing,” a term coined by 19th century French photography pioneer Nicéphore Niépce — a technique akin to etching with light-sensitive materials on reflective pewter plates.

From Los Angeles Times

A major renovation of the Ransom Center in 2003 created more than 40,000 square feet of public space and a gallery with permanent exhibits of some materials, including a Gutenberg Bible and the Niépce Heliograph, the world’s oldest known surviving photograph.

From Seattle Times

In 1839, Humboldt was among the first established scientists to embrace the daguerreotype, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce.

From Nature

It includes a rare 1826 image by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, the man credited with inventing photography.

From Seattle Times

Close viewers will note posters for Max Ophuls' film "Lola Montes," released in 1955, the very year "Maigret Sets a Trap" was published; a few may recognize the re-creation of Janine Niepce's 1952 photograph of her father reading "Tintin" to her son in a park.

From Los Angeles Times