Heliography, Midday in Paris, August 2013, 17 Rue Beaubourg (sold out)
Heliography, Midday in Paris, August 2013, 17 Rue Beaubourg
The internegative was exposed in September 2024.
The internegative was exposed in September 2024.
Dimensions: Heliography: approximately 9 x 13.5 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
Method of production: Heliography made according to the method of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce from 1822,
Edition: Unique, signed and dated
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 August 2013, an image was captured at 17 Rue Beaubourg 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.