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For his first experiments, Nicéphore Niépce positioned at the back of a camera obscura sheets of silver salts coated paper, known to blacken with daylight . In may 1816 he produced the first image of nature : a view from a window . It was a negative and the image vanished because in broad daylight the coated paper becomes completely black . He calls these images "retinas". |
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In 1999, Pierre-Yves Mahe, founder of SPEOS photography school, rented on the Gras estate, the part of the house where Niépce had located his laboratory-workshop in Saint-Loup de Varennes. Pierre-Yves Mahe was the first photographer to occupy the place since the inventor's death in 1833.The historical residence had remained unexplored until then, just gazed at from outside by some curious people. |
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With Jean-Louis Marignier, a scientist at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research), they recreated Niépce's working conditions, and with methodical diggings they rediscovered the site of his experiments. Restoring the House is the first step of an ambitious project that will lead to bring this man, its life and achievements to light. |
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| Maison de la Première Photo - Niepce |
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| 71240 |
| Saint Loup de Varennes |
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+33.(0)1.40.09.18.58 |
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+33.(0)1.40.09.84.97 |
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info@speos.fr |
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| Opening : td> all year long on reservation and every day (except Monday and Thuesday) from mid-June to end of September, from 10am to 7pm. |
| Price* : : on request. |
| *: Prices are indicative and could be changed. |
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