Th e Inve ntion O f Ph otograph y (1) S. Cous in
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Th e firs t pe rm ane nt ph otograph w as an im age produce d in 1825 b y th e Fre nch inve ntor Jos e ph NicĂŠph ore NiĂŠpce .
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"Ph otograph y"is de rive d from th e Gre e k w ords ph otos ("l igh t") and graph e in ("to draw ") Th e w ord w as firs t us e d b y th e s cie ntis t Sir Joh n F.W . H e rs ch e lin 1839 .
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O n a s um m e r day in 1827, Jos e ph Nice ph ore Nie pce m ade th e firs t ph otograph ic im age w ith a cam e ra ob s cura.
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Th e Fre nch ph ys icis t, Jos e ph NicĂŠph ore Nie pce , m ade th e firs t ne gative (on pape r) in 1816 and th e firs t k now n ph otograph (on m e tal ;h e cal l e d it a h e l iograph ) in 1826.
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Inve ntion of Ph otograph y is cre dite d to th e Fre nch inve ntor NicĂŠph ore NiĂŠpce . Th e firs t pe rm ane nt ph otograph w as an im age produce d as e arl y as 1826.
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Th e te rm ph otograph y w as us e d for th e firs t tim e b y Joh n H e rs ch e lin 1839 .
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It is ob vious th at th e art of ph otograph y b e gan w ith th e inve ntion of cam e ra. Th e inve ntion of pinh ol e cam e ra can b e trace d b ack to th e 4th and 5th ce ntury BCE, and can b e attrib ute d to w e l l -k now n ph il os oph e rs , Mo Ti, Aris totl e and Eucl id.
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Th us l ith ograph y l e d to w h at NiĂŠpce l ate r te rm e d H e l iograph y, and s ub s e q ue ntl y to th e firs t pe rm ane nt ph otograph y from nature , produce d on pe w te r around 1826.
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W e ow e th e nam e "Ph otograph y"to Sir Joh n H e rs ch e l, w h o firs t us e d th e te rm in 1839 , th e ye ar th e ph otograph ic proce s s b e cam e pub l ic.
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In Th e ye ar 1839 , w h e n th e dague rre otype and ph otoge nic draw ing w e re introduce d to th e pub l ic, is a l arge l y s ym b ol ic date , for it re pre s e nts onl y th e ye ar in w h ich th e ne w art w as re ve al e d.
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