Oldest known surviving photograph
- Who
- Joseph Nicephore Niépce
- Where
- United States (niversity of Texas,Austin)
- When
- 1827
The earliest known surviving photograph was taken by Joseph Niépce (1765–1833), in 1827 using a camera obscura; it shows the view from the window of his home. Rediscovered by Helmut Gernsheim in 1952, it is now in the Gernsheim Collection at the University of Texas, Austin, USA.