Today is Louis Daguerre’s birthday. Daguerre was a French born artist. He worked for a time with Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (pronounced neeps) who is credit with producing the world’s first permanent photograph in 1822; a Heliograph titled “View from the Window at Le Gras“. It was through this partnership, and years of experimentation, that he developed the Daguerreotype. The Daguerreotype process is credited with making photography available to the more common man.
So all you iPhoneographers out there owe this man a huge debt of gratitude.
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