Bitumen of Judea

Bitumen of Judea

The photographical process known as Bitumen of Judea is quite possibly the oldest modern photographing technique. The technique was first used by French lithographer Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. Using a tarlike material that covered a pewter plate, he took a picture of the countryside near his home. The process took ten hours.


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