Guided tour of the house of Nicéphore Niépce

Name: Visite guidée de la maison de Nicéphore Niépce
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T13:00:00+02:00
Location: Maison Nicéphore Niépce

Discover the place where the very first photo of the world was made by the inventor of photography: Nicéphore Niépce!

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Exceptional visit in the presence of the co-founders of the project:

Jean-Louis Bruley, responsible for the reconstruction of the Pyreoophore,
Manuel Bonnet, direct descendant of Nicéphore Niépce, actor, co-author with Jean-Louis Marignier of the book "Niépce, correspondance et papiers" published by Nicéphore Niépce in 2003, and at the initiative of the bi-centenary in 2007 of the Niépce brothers Pyréolophore,
Pierre-Yves Mahé, who has led the Maison Nicéphore Niépce project since its inception in July 1999.

À propos du lieu

Maison Nicéphore Niépce

71240 Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The house of Niépce in Saint-Loup-de-varennes is the singular place where Nicéphore Niépce invented photography under the name of Héliographie then Physautotype. Less is known that it is also in this property that he invented with his brother Claude the first explosion engine and that he perfected the velocipede. During the guided tour, you will relive the history in these places. You will be able to manipulate the exact reconstruction of the world’s first camera and observe the heliographs made by a CNRS researcher according to the inventor’s original methods: images with Judean bitumen and lavender oil on glass, copper, tin and silver. A faithful copy of the velocipede that Niépce used on the paths of the village will be at your disposal to exercise you around the property. The Nicéphore Niépce House is funded by Spéos, the international photo-video school.