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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/ d ə ˈ ɡ ɛər / ⓘ də-GAIR, French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.
Louis Daguerre (born November 18, 1787, Cormeilles, near Paris, France—died July 10, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter and physicist who invented the first practical process of photography, known as the daguerreotype.
Jan 30, 2020 · Known For: Inventor of modern photography (the daguerreotype) Also Known As: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. Born: November 18, 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France. Parents : Louis Jacques Daguerre, Anne Antoinette Hauterre. Died: July 10, 1851 in Bry-sur-Marne, France.
The astonishingly precise pictures they saw were the work of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), a Romantic painter and printmaker most famous until then as the proprietor of the Diorama, a popular Parisian spectacle featuring theatrical painting and lighting effects.
Louis Daguerre. French Photographic Pioneer, Physicist, Scenic Painter and Printmaker. Born: November 18, 1787 - Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France. Died: July 10, 1851 - Bry-sur-Marne, France. Movements and Styles: Modern Photography. "I have seized the light! I have arrested his flight! The sun himself in future shall draw my pictures!" 1 of 4.
Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. October 2004. The daguerreotype, the first photographic process, was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851) and spread rapidly around the world after its presentation to the public in Paris in 1839. Exposed in a camera obscura and developed in mercury vapors, each ...
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, The Artist’s Studio / Still Life with Plaster Casts, 1837, daguerreotype (photography), 6.5 inches by 8.5 inches (public domain) Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's oldest surviving photograph (which predates the announcement of the invention of the medium in 1839 by two years), *The Artist's Studio / Still Life ...
