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What was the profession of Claude Niépce?

  • Inventor

  • Painter

  • Writer

  • Sculptor

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Claude Niépce was a French inventor and one of the pioneers of photography. He is credited with being the first person to create a permanent photograph, in 1826. Niépce's work laid the foundation for the development of photography as we know it today.
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