<P> Nicéphore Niépce ( born Joseph Niépce ; 7 March 1765 -- 5 July 1833 ) was a French inventor , now usually credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field . Niépce developed heliography , a technique he used to create the world 's oldest surviving product of a photographic process : a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825 . In 1826 or 1827 , he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real - world scene . Among Niépce 's other inventions was the Pyréolophore , the world 's first internal combustion engine , which he conceived , created , and developed with his older brother Claude . </P>
<P> Nicéphore Niépce ( born Joseph Niépce ; 7 March 1765 -- 5 July 1833 ) was a French inventor , now usually credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field . Niépce developed heliography , a technique he used to create the world 's oldest surviving product of a photographic process : a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825 . In 1826 or 1827 , he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real - world scene . Among Niépce 's other inventions was the Pyréolophore , the world 's first internal combustion engine , which he conceived , created , and developed with his older brother Claude . </P>
who is responsible for the first permanent photograph called a heliograph
who is responsible for the first permanent photograph called a heliograph
Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce