Nicéphore Niépce

        He was born on March 7th, 1765, and died July 5th 1833. He was a French inventor, more noted as the inventor of photography. He produced the first photograph in history. 

 <--- this was the first photograph.

        

What is noteworthy and important about it is that it's the first permanent photograph from nature. He could also produce a single photo with any exposure. It was camera obscura through a window at La Gras in France. It took about 8 hours for the exposure to fully develop on the photo paper he created. It was taken in 1826. This photograph is on display at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. It has a special enclosure so it gets the right amount of light and doesn't ruin the picture and expose it too much.