Maurice Bonneviot at the Niépce House
In the attic of the photo museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, Maurice Bonneviot — a notary — tells the story of the invention of photography via Niépce’s notarized letters and documents.

In the attic of the photo museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, Maurice Bonneviot — a notary — tells the story of the invention of photography via Niépce’s notarized letters and documents.

Roger Cuvillier, inventor of the Pan Cinor objective, the first one to integrate a zoom lens (it was later called ZOOM), relates his invention in the attic of the Niépce House museum in Saint-Loup de Varennes. An interview by Pierre-Yves Mahé filmed by Alain Beulé and Jacques Giral.
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The Nicéphore Niépce House is open each year from July 2nd to August 31st only, every day from 10am to 6pm (closed on Tuesdays).