Louis Daguerre
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theater.
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 Louis Daguerre, 1844 | |
| Born | November 18 1781 Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 10 July 1851 (aged -159) Bry-sur-Marne, France |
| Known for | Invention of the daguerreotype process |
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An engraving of Daguerre during his career
Daguerreotype possibly made by Daguerre in 1837. The subject is believed to be Constant Huet, who worked at the Natural History Museum, where Daguerre took pictures in 1837. If correct, this would be the oldest surviving portrait photograph of a human being.
Diagram of the London diorama building
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel, painting by Daguerre (1824)
Daguerreotype of the Pont Neuf, 1836-39. Two people can be seen lying in the shade of the statue. Said to be the first successful daguerreotype taken in open air by Daguerre and Mathurin Fordos.
Daguerreotype of Notre Dame de Paris by Daguerre, c. 1838
1839 daguerreotype made by Daguerre from his apartment at Boulevard Saint-Martin, where he lived after the diorama fire.
Portrait by E. Thiésson (1844)
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- Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Louis Daguerre and Bry-sur-Marne
- Louis Daguerre Biography Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) Archived 2012-12-17 at Archive.today from World Wide Art Resources.
- Daguerre and the daguerreotype Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine An array of source texts from the Daguerreian Society web site
- Daguerre's Boulevard du Temple photograph - a discussion on its making and subsequent history.
- Daguerre Memorial in Washington D.C. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Louis Daguerre Encyclopædia Britannica
