A cousin of Nicéphore Niépce, the pioneer of photography, she was born into a family of winemakers in Burgundy.
Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), French inventor, most noted as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in the field
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Her doctoral thesis, Light Out of Darkness: the origin of photography in mystery and melancholy, explored occluded meanings in the early photographs of Nicéphore Niépce and William Henry Fox Talbot.
It was created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827 at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes and shows parts of the buildings and surrounding countryside of his estate, Le Gras, seen from a high window.
These were imported from the Musee Nicephore Niepce in Chalon-sur-Saône, France and a French foundation, the FRAC, has also made contributions to the museum.