Bicentennial of the Invention of Photography: A Must-See Celebration
This exhibition takes visitors back to the origins of photography, a revolutionary invention that changed the way we perceive and document the world.
Centenary of the birth of Janine Niépce
February 12, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the photographer Janine Niépce, born February 12, 1921 in Meudon. A distant relative of the inventor of photography, Nicéphore Niépce, she was one of the first female photojournalists in France. Janine Niépce was born into a family of Burgundian winegrowers who converted to the…
The Pyréolophore invented by the Niépce brothers appears into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers!
Pyréolophore: it’s the name of the first internal combustion engine in the world, invented by Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude. It will officially enter into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 7pm. The Niépce House and Spéos Photography school rectify the history of science, after many years of…
Nicéphore’s descendants visiting Saint-Loup
Jacqueline Bonnet had never been in the house where her ancestor, Nicéphore Niépce, succeeded for the first time in history in fixing an image. Last week, she went there with her son in a sort of pilgrimage to Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. I knew this house for having passed by many many times. People would tell me: that’s…
Death of photographer Janine Niépce
La photographe Janine Niépce, lointaine cousine de l’ inventeur de la photographie Nicéphore Niépce , est décédée dimanche 5 Août à Paris à l’âge de 86 ans.
