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== History ==
== History ==
[[File:View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.jpg|thumb|right|235px|''View From the Window of Gras'' by Joseph Nicephore Niepce]]
Frenchman, Joseph Nicephore Niepce,<ref>[http://niepce.house.museum/ Niepce.house.museum]
Frenchman, Joseph Nicephore Niepce,<ref>[http://niepce.house.museum/ Niepce.house.museum]
</ref> took the first photo in '''1826'''. It was taken in [[Paris]] and was called ''“View From the Window of Gras”'' <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vftTAAAAMAAJ&q=Joseph+Nicephore+Niepce+View+From+the+Window+of+Gras&dq=Joseph+Nicephore+Niepce+View+From+the+Window+of+Gras&client=safari&cd=3 Seizing the Light: A History of Photography] by Robert Hirsch</ref>. To achieve this, Joseph Niepce used a Camera Obscura and called the process Heliograph. The process never became practical for everyday use and could not be used for commercial purposes.
</ref> took the first photo in '''1826'''. It was taken in [[Paris]] and was called ''“View From the Window of Gras”'' <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vftTAAAAMAAJ&q=Joseph+Nicephore+Niepce+View+From+the+Window+of+Gras&dq=Joseph+Nicephore+Niepce+View+From+the+Window+of+Gras&client=safari&cd=3 Seizing the Light: A History of Photography] by Robert Hirsch</ref>. To achieve this, Joseph Niepce used a Camera Obscura and called the process Heliograph. The process never became practical for everyday use and could not be used for commercial purposes.