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.
Kate Barry, “My Own Space”: Exhibition at Quai de la Photo
Quai de la Photo is paying tribute to Kate Barry with a retrospective on the 10th anniversary of her passing in 2013, at the age of 46. This retrospective aims “to show the diversity of her work,” explains curator Sylvain Besson, whose book My Own Space (Éditions de La Martinière, 2023) gave the exhibition its name.
End of Anoxia for the Last Objects of the World’s Oldest Photo Lab
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.
Exhibition of David Niépce’s Objects
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First exhibition of the pictures of Joseph Fortuné Petiot-Groffier lab
On June 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2007 On the occasion of its second anniversary, Chambre avec Vues hosted a preview exhibition on Joseph Fortuné Petiot-Groffier’s lab — the oldest known in the world. To accompany this outstanding presentation in Paris, the gallery has brought together a selection of vintage prints and ancient processes: cyanotypes, chrysotypes,…
The world’s oldest Photographic Studio and Lab
The Photographic Studio and Lab of Fortuné Joseph Petiot-Groffier (1788-1855) This lab is the oldest existing we know of at present (thanks to the receipts, the chemicals can be dated back as far as 1840-41). From photography pioneers such as Niépce, Daguerre, Talbot or Bayard, no entire lab has been preserved, but individual ancient large…
2004: “La Table Servie” (“the set table”) by Nicéphore Niépce
Every year, the National Heritage Days are the occasion for the Niépce House to present new research and findings, which then are put on show in the house permanently. La table servie de Nicéphore Niépce Since J.L. Marignier’s research published in 1999, one knows that the image of the “Table Servie” – whose origins were…
A daguerreotype by Daguerre at Niépce House
Within the framework of research on the origins of photography, one of Daguerre’s first views of Paris was presented: the very image that allowed him to get the official acknowledgement of the invention of the daguerreotype by the Académie des Sciences.
A Daguerreotype by Mark Osterman
One of the first daguerreotypes of Paris made by Daguerre shown at Nicéphore Nièpce’s home during Patrimony Days, 2002.
