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It will be hosted by Speos Paris Photographic Institute. <br> <br> - The Speos students participated at the 47th Bièvres International Photofair.<br> <br> - &quot;The digital revolution&quot; : Exhibition Opening at <a href="http://www.cameramuseum.ch" target="_blank">the Swiss Camera Museum at Vevey</a> on April 23.<br> Speos and the Niépce House contributed with a donation of cameras and other equipment. <br> <br> <font face="Verdana">- <a href="http://www.voiesoff.com" target="_blank">Voies Off Festival - Arles</a> : <a href="http://www.niepce.com" target="_blank">Spéos/Maison Nicéphore Niépce</a> will be present for the 15th consecutive year in this festival. Since 1996, the Voies Off Festival has been supporting contemporary creation and varied creative practices by offering their authors a scene of international renown during the Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles. In parallel to the official programming, the Voies Off Festival displays for free the photographic work of young authors.<br> </font><br> <font color="#3378a6"><b><br> </b></font><font color="#008b93"><b><u>2009</u>: </b></font><a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA40'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA40">Partnership with the Institut Image of ENSAM in Chalon sur Saône where were presented:</a><br>&gt; a 3D video displaying the internal mechanism of the Pyreolophore - a creation by Hadrien Duhamel<br>&gt; the birth of the first camera: where, how and when the &quot;baguier d'Isidore&quot; (a little jewel case) was transformed into a camera thanks to the dismantling of the family's solar microscope;<br> &gt; <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA41'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA41">the entire Petiot-Groffier lab in the House of Nicéphore Niépce</a> on the occasion of the National Heritage Days.<br> <font color="#008b93"><b><br> </b></font>- <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA42'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA42">Conference-Debate-Exhibitions in Dubai at the Alliance Française</a><br> <br> - <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA43'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA43">Slideshow of Spéos students  work at the Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai</a><br> <br>- Partnership between Spéos/Maison Niépce and <a href="http://www.cameramuseum.ch" target="_blank">the Swiss Camera Museum at Vevey</a>:<br> &gt; creation of a showcase dedicated to <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA44'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA44">the work realized in the House of Nicéphore Niépce</a><br>&gt; donation by Spéos/Maison Nicéphore Niépce of <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C7554DA45'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C7554DA45">an important collection concerning the beginnings of digital photography</a>.<br> <font face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana"><br> </font> <p><font color="#008b93"><b><u>2008</u>:</b></font> The Academician Lucien Clergue invites Jean-Louis Marignier, researcher at the CNRS, at the Academy of Fine Arts to report on ten years of research and restoration at the Maison Niépce.<br>See « Nicéphore Niépce reçoit les honneurs de l Institut de France » <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C698BD5423'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C698BD5423">article</a>.<br> <br>- Spéos and Maison Nicéphore Niépce have decided to celebrate the bicentennial of the Pyreolophore by <a onclick="CSAction(new Array(/*CMP*/'C698BD5424'));return CSClickReturn()" href="#" csclick="C698BD5424">rebuilding it as it was originally</a>. It is the first internal combustion engine ever, which was invented and patented by the Niépce brothers in 1807. 10 years later, they were the first in the world to make an engine work with fuel injection system. A celebration took place at the occasion of the Journées du Patrimoine  (National Heritage Days) 2008, in the very place of the invention &in the House of Nicéphore Niépce !<br> <br> <font face="Verdana"><br> </font></p> <div align="left"> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>2007</u>: </b></font><font face="Verdana">Students at Spéos have the possibility to obtain the degree of a European Master of Professional Photography accredited by E.A.B.H.E.S.(European Accreditation Board of Higher Education Schools).<br> </font> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.eabhes.com/" target="_blank"><img src="new1jpg/eabhes.gif" alt="" height="50" width="50" align="absmiddle" border="0"></a><br> <br>- The Speos/Nicéphore Niépce House projects get the support of the Academie des Sciences<br> <a href="http://www.academie-sciences.fr/" target="_blank"><img src="new1jpg/LogoADS.jpg" alt="" height="58" width="180" align="absmiddle" border="0"></a><br> <br> - <a href="http://www.niepce.com/pagus/pagus-eve.html" target="_blank">Discovery by Spéos of the world's oldest Photographic Lab</a><br> <br> - Set-up of the Bus of Photography, in collaboration with the Rencontres d'Arles. </font><img src="new1jpg/lesbuslogo.jpg" alt="" height="53" width="144" align="middle" border="0"><font face="Verdana"><br>- Spéos becomes an Apple Authorized Training Center.    <a href="http://www.apple.com" target="_blank"><img src="new1jpg/apple-center.jpg" alt="" height="37" width="120" align="absmiddle" border="0"></a><br> <br> <br> </font></p> </div> <p><font color="#008b93" face="Verdana"><b><u>2006</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6" face="Verdana"><b> </b></font><font face="Verdana">Spéos' subsidiary, PixOclock.com, the image bank for independent professional photographers and former students at Spéos, moves onto a new search engine, Phraseanet IV. The photographers on PixOclock are the first in France to enter the Adobe Photographers Directory, accessible via Bridge in Adobe Photoshop C2.</font><br> <font face="Verdana">Spéos becomes an Adobe Expert center.   <a href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_blank"><img src="new1jpg/adobe.gif" alt="" height="35" width="120" align="absmiddle" border="0"></a><br> </font><font face="Verdana"><br> <br> </font><br> <br> <font color="#008b93" face="Verdana"><b><u>2003</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6" face="Verdana"><b> </b></font><font face="Verdana">Opening of <a href="http://www.niepce.com" target="_blank">Niepce's House</a> as a museum. Publication of the most important compilation of documents ever collected on Niépce, the inventor of photography.<br> </font><br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>2002</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6"><b> </b></font>Launch of PixOclock.com - a photo search engine and viewing platform, which allows photographers to broadcast their images in real time.<br> <br>Our film &quot;Niépce's House&quot; is selected for screening at the Festival du Film de Chercheurs in Nancy.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>2001</u>: </b></font>Our documentary film, &quot;Niépce's House&quot;, is presented in Savannah/USA, and at the Festival International du Film Scientifique d'Orsay in France.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>2000</u>: </b></font>Presentation of the archeological discoveries at Niépce's House in the Antique Theatre during the R.I.P. at Arles.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>1999</u>: </b></font>Discovery of the house in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where <a href="http://www.niepce.com" target="_blank">Nicéphore Niépce </a>took the world's first photograph, which is currently exhibited in Austin,Texas. Publication of the book &quot;Beginning Photography using the Stop-System&quot; in English and French, co-written by Pierre-Yves Mahé, Richard Zakia and Gordon Brown.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>1998</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6"><b> </b></font>AltaVista declares www.speos.fr the primary website worldwide in the field of &quot;photo education&quot;, for its visibility.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93" face="Verdana"><b><u>1997</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6" face="Verdana"><b> </b></font><font face="Verdana">Foundation of Prophot-Numérique by Spéos and Prophot.<br>Numerous firms have all of their employees trained at Spéos, introducing them to the new technologies:<br> " Agences Magnum, Reuters, Gamma, Deadline, DPPI, Jacana, Hoa Qui, Keystone, Explorer, Top, Rapho<br> " Canon France, Nikon France, Fuji Film France, Konica France, Minolta France,<br> " Cartier Joaillerie Internationale<br> " Groupe Hachette : Paris Match, Onze Mondial, Télé 7 Jours, France Dimanche, Ici Paris, JDD <br> " Studio Peter Lindbergh<br> " Studio Luce / Paolo Roversi<br> </font><br> <br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>1996</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6"><b> </b></font>Set up of the first Spéos website, hosting the Rencontres d'Arles and the S.I.P.I. (Salon de la Photo à Paris) web pages.<br> <br> <br> <font color="#008b93" face="Verdana"><b><u>1994</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6" face="Verdana"><b> </b></font><font face="Verdana">Pierre-Yves Mahé becomes an Apple Expert.  <img src="new1jpg/apple.gif" alt="" height="56" width="56" align="absmiddle" border="0"><br> <br> <br> </font><font color="#008b93"><b><u>1993</u>: </b></font>Distant learning: Creation of trans-Atlantic photo courses, simultaneous classroom discussion on commonly viewed images, between Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and Spéos via high speed Numéris telephone lines.<br> <font face="Verdana"><br> </font><br> <font color="#008b93"><b><u>1991</u>:</b></font><font color="#3378a6"><b> </b></font>Invention of the &quot;Spéos transmission kit&quot;, a precursor of Internet transmissions, distributed by the French company SAGEM, which permits distant image discussions via telephone lines. Spéos used this kit at the closing evening at the Rencontres Internationales d'Arles (RIP), to enable photographers Ralph Gibson, Arnold Newman, Harry Calahan, and Eveline Daitz, from offices in Manhattan, to view and comment on their work projected on a giant screen in the Arles Antique Theatre to some 3000 persons.<br> <font face="Verdana"><br> <br> </font><font color="#008b93" face="Verdana"><b><u>1990</u> : </b></font><font face="Verdana">First Winter session at Spéos in collaboration with the Rhode Island School of Design.<br> <br> <br> </font><font color="#008b93"><b><u>1988</u>: </b></font>Spéos develops the <a href="http://www.stop-system.com" target="_blank">Stop-System</a>, a method to teach darkroom printing and exposure basics in the studio. The Stop-System is currently taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) and at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).<br> <br> <font face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#008b93"><b><u>January 1985</u>:</b></font> Spéos founded by Pierre-Yves Mahé, advertising photographer.<br> <br> <br> <br> <font face="Verdana"><br> </font></p> </div> <p><br> <font color="#8f0d0d"><b>:: <a href="histoire_speosENG3.pdf">Spéos Records (PDF)</a><br> </b></font><br> <br> <font color="#3378a6"><b><br> </b></font><img src="new1jpg/pointilles.jpg" alt="" height="11" width="608" border="0"><font color="#a7a7a3"><a href="#Anchor-47857"><img src="new1jpg/flechehaut.gif" height="11" width="11" border="0"></a></font></p> <div align="left"> <div align="left"></div> </div> <div align="left"> <div align="left"></div> </div> <div align="left"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20"></td> <td colspan="2" align="right"> <div align="right"> <br> <a href="defaulteng.html" target="_top"><br> <br> <br> </a><img src="new1jpg/photography_education.gif" alt="photo education" height="8" width="280" border="0"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- phpmyvisites --> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var a_vars = Array(); var pagename='Fran&#231;ais/&#233;cole'; var phpmyvisitesSite = 7; var phpmyvisitesURL = "http://stats.technomercatique.com/phpmyvisites.php"; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://stats.technomercatique.com/phpmyvisites.js"></script> <!-- /phpmyvisites --></div> </body> </html>