Around 1826, the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce set out to capture the world’s first permanent photograph. Using a method he called heliography — or sun writing — he dissolved light-sensitive...
10.15.2026 Nytimes.com
Photography turns 200 this year. The earliest surviving photograph, ‘ View from the Window at Le Gras’ , is thought to have been taken by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826, making 2026 the bicentenary of a med...
10.13.2026 Timeout.com
Two centuries after Nicéphore Niépce captured the first images, photography is making its debut at the Glacis. For its 12th edition, Luxembourg Art Week is moving away from its city-focused theme – wh...
10.14.2026 En.paperjam.lu
It's been a year of anniversaries with America 250 and Salem 400+. Let's add the Bicentenary of Photography to that list! The Winfisky Gallery recognizes this anniversary with the exhibition: The Phot...
10.13.2026 Salemstate.edu
After two years of research, the spot where two strangers stood—believed to be the first human beings ever captured in a photograph—has been identified. It will be marked with a permanent plaque on October 15, 2026, at Place de la République in Paris. One spring morning in 1838, the inventor Louis Daguerre leans out of the window of his studio and points his camera at the view before him. On the Boulevard du Temple, it is rush hour. But the exposure, lasting several minutes, cannot capture the b...
10.15.2026 Loeildelaphotographie.com
Two centuries after Nicéphore Niépce captured the first images, photography is making its debut at the Glacis. For its 12th edition, Luxembourg Art Week is moving away from its city-focused theme – wh...
10.14.2026 Delano.lu