Who took the first durable photo in 1734?

The first durable photo was taken by French artist and inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827, not in 1734. Niépce created a process called "heliography," capturing an image on a pewter plate coated with a light-sensitive substance. The photo, known as "View from the Window at Le Gras," is considered the world's oldest surviving photograph.