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He deserved a longer street

Posted by CD • 03/31/10 • 1:21pm

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Carl Davaz

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made the first photograph in 1826. While “View from the Window at Le Gras” might not be the most spectacular photograph ever made, it was the beginning. The street named for him in the 14th Arrondissement is only a block long. The inventor of photography deserved more.

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