WHAT IS PHOTOGRAPHY? Photography is the art of capturing light with a camera, usually via a digital sensor or film, to create an Image. With the right camera equipment, you can even photograph wavelengths of light invisible to the human eye, including UV, infrared, and radio. The first permanent photograph was captured in 1826 (some sources say 1827) by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in France. It shows the roof of a building lit by the sun. You can see it reproduced below. JOSEPH NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE Nicéphore Niépce (born Joseph Niépce 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor, now known as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in the field. Niépce developed heliography, an ancient technique that he used to obtain prints in the photographic process: a printer made from photoengraph plates in 1825. In 1826 or 1827, he used a simple camera to obtain still simple works of ancient photographs. Nicéphore Niépce process required a lot of hard work and patience, but it all paid off w...