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…
On the occasion of Pentecost 2008 and 2009, the inhabitants of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes gathered, imitating the form of a camera (Niépce’s box). They had their photo taken individually by Niloufar Banisadr, and collectively by Pierre-Yves Mahé, from a helicopter. With the support of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes’ rural club:
Partnership between Maison Nicéphore Niépce and the Swiss Camera Museum at Vevey: – creation of a showcase dedicated to the work realized in the House of Nicéphore Niépce: – donation by Spéos/Maison Nicéphore Niépce of an important collection concerning the beginnings of digital photography (See the article on the ‘Journal de Saone et Loire’– in French):
At initiative of Manuel Bonnet, and with Jean-Louis Bruley’s technical supervising, Spéos and Maison Nicéphore Niépce have decided to celebrate the bicentennial of the Pyreolophore by rebuilding it as it was originally. It is the first internal combustion engine ever, which was invented and patented by the Niépce brothers in 1807.10 years later, they were…
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