who developed the first photograph
- + share this page. The First Photograph. The First Photograph, or more specifically, the earliest known surviving photograph made in a camera, was taken by Joseph Nicephore NicÃ©phore niepce niÃ©pce in 1826. Or 1827 the image depicts the view from an upstairs Window'at niepce, NiÃ©pce S, estate le Gras in the Burgundy. region of france