Heliographie, Przemek Zajfert, forever-and ever, for my Sons
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.
Heliographie, Mann mit Regenschirm in Paris, August 2012. hergestellt nach dem Verfahren von Joseph Nicéphore Niépce aus dem Jahr 1822.

3x Heliography, Man with Umbrella in Paris, August 2012

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3x Heliography, A sunny afternoon in May 2018 in Paris, Rue-Saint-Dominique
I exposed the internegative in September 2024. It is a series of three heliographies.
Dimensions: Heliography: approximately 3x 10 x 14.5 cm. The heliography is mounted on a passe-partout cardboard measuring 14×19 cm and packaged in an A5 box.
Material: Aluminum sheet, Bitume de Judée, lavender oil
Method of production: Heliography made according to the method of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce from 1822,
Edition: Unique, signed and dated

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Using the technique of heliography, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first photograph in history that has been preserved to this day: View from the Window at Le Gras, in the summer of 1827.

In May 2018, an image was captured at 121 Rue-Saint-Dominique in Paris using a camera mounted on the roof of a Google car, which later served as the basis for my heliograph depicted here.

In September 2024, I photographed a section of this image with a large-format 4×5-inch camera. The resulting photograph was then transferred onto an aluminum plate coated with an asphalt emulsion using sunlight—entirely in keeping with Niépce’s original description of the heliography technique.

More about the concept: From heliography to AI-generated images.