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DAY 32 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
BRINGING PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE PEOPLE
Frenchman Louis Jacque Mande Daguerre first unveiled the end result of more than a decade’s worth of experiments in 1939 at the Académie des Sciences. The daguerreotypes, as he called them, were unique images on highly polished, silver-coated copper plates. He has since been referred to as the inventor of photography.
Daguerre, an acclaimed painter and theatrical designer, began to experiment with and explore the possibilities of photography. He formed a partnership with Joseph Niepce in 1827 and, over a period of years, they worked together ...
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