French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)
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Louis Daguerre
Daguerre around 1844
Born
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
(1787-11-18)18 November 1787
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Kingdom of France
Died
10 July 1851(1851-07-10) (aged 63)
Bry-sur-Marne, French Republic
Known for
Invention of the daguerreotype process
Spouse
Louise Georgina Arrow-Smith
(m. 1810–1851)
Signature
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/dəˈɡɛər/ⓘdə-GAIR, French:[lwiʒɑkmɑ̃dedaɡɛʁ]; 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. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter, scenic designer, and a developer of the diorama theatre.
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/dəˈɡɛər/ də-GAIR, French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and photographer,...
"Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by LouisDaguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely...
required and the earliest results were very crude. Niépce's associate LouisDaguerre went on to develop the daguerreotype process, the first publicly announced...
painting of the Holyrood Abbey completed around 1824 by the French artist LouisDaguerre. The painting measures 211 × 256.3 cm (83.1 × 100.9 in), and is exhibited...
present, it is just a bridge to be crossed without stopping." In 1838, LouisDaguerre produced his famous daguerreotype portrait of the View of the Boulevard...
The Daguerre Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture by Jonathan Scott Hartley in Washington, D.C. It was erected in memory of LouisDaguerre. Erected...
time in the studio of his father's friend, the pioneer of photography LouisDaguerre, from whom Le Prince may have received some lessons on photography and...
Caroline test for anticipatory self-defence in international relations. LouisDaguerre develops the daguerreotype. The 5th century B.C. Berlin Foundry Cup...
1833, due to a stroke. After the pioneering photographic processes of LouisDaguerre and Henry Fox Talbot were publicly announced in January 1839, Bauer...
independent of Talbot, in 1839. The inventors Nicéphore Niépce, Talbot, and LouisDaguerre seem not to have known or used the word "photography", but referred...
+ orama "that which is seen, a sight". The diorama was invented by LouisDaguerre and Charles Marie Bouton, first exhibited in Paris in July 1822 and...
from 1856 to 1869. A photograph of this street was taken in 1838 by LouisDaguerre from high in his 350-seat Diorama Building at 4, Rue Sanson, where it...
19th-century painting The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel by the French artist LouisDaguerre. In March 1825, a moonlit scene entitled 'Ruins of Holyrood Chapel'...
Abbey in England. LouisDaguerre develops the daguerreotype. January 2, 1839 – First photo of the Moon taken by photographer LouisDaguerre January 9, 1839...
or days was required. In 1829 Niépce entered into a partnership with LouisDaguerre and the two collaborated to work out a similar, but more sensitive,...
Londres and Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The trip takes half an hour. 1838 LouisDaguerre takes the first modern photograph, a Daguerreotype View of the Boulevard...
investigation of heliography, by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre in 1832, in which images were produced by the use of lavender...
process introduced to the public by Niépce's partner and successor LouisDaguerre in 1839. Talbot was, however, the first to apply it to a paper-based...
pewter plate in Paris in 1825. In 1839, after the death of Niépce, LouisDaguerre patented the Daguerrotype, which became the most common form of photography...
Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, British politician (b. 1771) July 10 – LouisDaguerre, French artist, chemist (b. 1787) July 17 – Roger Sheaffe, British general...
generally consisted of paintings, drawings and engravings. In that year, LouisDaguerre presented the first practical process of photography to the French Academy...
Santo Loquasto, Sean Kenny, Todd Rosenthal, Robin Wagner, Tony Walton, LouisDaguerre, Ralph Funicello, and Roger Kirk. Prop design Film sculptor Scenic painting...