The revised online edition of Niépce, correspondance et papiers is a compilation of over 700 documents from more than 50 archives spread all over the world.Footnotes give thousands of references; its index of names amounts to more than three thousand; equipped with a multi-criteria search engine. Historical bits and pieces are revealed, family secrets unveiled…
Initiated by the museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, with the collaboration of Jean-Louis Bruley, Manuel Bonnet and the mairie de Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, the “Route de la Photo” — a series of photo spots — invites you to discover Burgundy following the footsteps of Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography. To take a picture of the place linked…
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.
A bit of family history… Among the Niépce family, Nicéphore is well-known, as is Abel Niépce of Saint Victor, who was born at Saint-Cyr and became the military governor at the Palais du Louvre. He first followed Nicéphore’s photographic work and then invented the first process on glass (Albumine).Last but not least, there is David…
In summer 2010, the last objects of the world’s oldest photo lab are finally on view in the Niépce House after several months of anoxia — a process that consists in destroying worms and parasites contained in the wood by means of a vacuum, without interfering with future chemical analyses.
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.
For the 10th Anniversary of the Niépce House, the SPE invited Pierre-Yves Mahé and Jean-Louis Marignier for a lecture on the ten years of research conducted in the Niépce House.
The entire Petiot-Groffier lab in the House of Nicéphore Niépce on the occasion of the National Heritage Days. Conference-Debate-Exhibitions in Dubai at the Alliance Française:
Partnership with the Institut Image of ENSAM in Chalon sur Saône where were presented: – a 3D video displaying the internal mechanism of the Pyreolophore – a creation by Hadrien Duhamel (see the video) – the birth of the first camera: where, how and when the “baguier d’Isidore” (a little jewel case) was transformed into…
The team working at the Niépce House has made some new research and discoveries in a near-by attic… the surprise to be revealed during the National Heritage Days 2010, which will take place on September 18 and 19. New Collection at the Niépce House: David Niépce’s Objects A bit of family history… Among the Niépce…
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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).