Photography
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First known photograph, taken by Nicéphore Niépce in 1825 by the heliograph process. The image is of a 17th Century Flemish engraving showing a man leading a horse. View From the Window at Le Gras (1826), Nicéphore Niépce. Generally considered the first successful permanent photograph of a scene. A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a