Tuesday, July 01, 2008

sun writing (1): the first photo


Do you know where the first photo is?

Not who took it (it was Joseph Nicéphore Niépce).

Not where it was taken (Chalon-sur-Saône, France).

But where it is now.

It's in Austin, Texas.

Niépce called his new technology heliography - or sun writing.

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