NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE HOUSE PHOTO MUSEUM

The Nicéphore Niépce House Photo Museum is the place where the very first photograph in the world was taken by the inventor of photography himself: Nicéphore Niépce. Among other things, the House contains the oldest photographic studio and laboratory existing today. This world heritage is preserved by Spéos School of Photography, labelled Maisons des Illustres by the Ministry of Culture, and under the patronage of the Academy of Sciences & the Academy of Fine Arts... The photographic studio and lab of Fortuné Joseph Petiot-Groffier is the oldest existing we know of at present (thanks to the receipts, the chemicals can be dated back as far as 1840-41). Since the summer of 2010, the last pieces of this laboratory are on show in the Nicéphore Niépce House... In 1999, by investigating this historical house that had remained unexplored until then, Pierre-Yves Mahé, Director at the Spéos Photography School, wanted to walk in the footsteps of Niépce, so as to rediscover the path of the man..

VAT numbers: FR45432992782

Primary location: Saint-loup-de-varennes France