Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor who pioneered photography, producing the earliest surviving photograph in 1826 using a process he called heliography.
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Sep 15, 2026
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France marks 200 years since he took the world's oldest surviving photograph, with RFI tracing the stories behind iconic images.
This is a soft cultural moment rather than a political story, but Renaissance figures often cite it to celebrate French innovation and soft power in a week otherwise dominated by security news.