Which French inventor produced the world's first known surviving photograph around 1826 or 1827?
Answer
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce is credited with producing the first known surviving photograph, titled 'View from the Window at Le Gras,' using a process he called a heliograph.
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