Centenary of the birth of Janine Niépce

Centenary of the birth of Janine Niépce

February 12, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the photographer Janine Niépce, born February 12, 1921 in Meudon. A distant relative of the inventor of photography, Nicéphore Niépce, she was one of the first female photojournalists in France. Janine Niépce was born into a family of Burgundian winegrowers who converted to the…

The Pyréolophore invented by the Niépce brothers appears into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers!

The Pyréolophore invented by the Niépce brothers appears into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers!

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Pyréolophore: it’s the name of the first internal combustion engine in the world, invented by Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude. It will officially enter into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 7pm. The Niépce House and Spéos Photography school rectify the history of science, after many…

Nicéphore’s descendants visiting Saint-Loup

Nicéphore’s descendants visiting Saint-Loup

Jacqueline Bonnet had never been in the house where her ancestor, Nicéphore Niépce, succeeded for the first time in history in fixing an image. Last week, she went there with her son in a sort of pilgrimage to Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. I knew this house for having passed by many many times. People would tell me: that’s…