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For the 2016 film, see Daguerrotype (film). Daguerreotype ( / dəˈɡɛər ( i.) əˌtaɪp, - ( i.) oʊ -/ ⓘ; [1] [2] French: daguerréotype) was the first publicly available photographic process, widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. "Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process.
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process (1839-1860) in the history of photography. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique image on a silvered copper plate.
May 14, 2024 · Learn about the first successful form of photography, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce in the 1830s. Find out how a daguerreotype is made, what it looks like, and how it differs from other photographic processes.
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Learn about the invention, popularity, and decline of the daguerreotype, a direct-positive process that created highly detailed images on copper plates. Explore the collection of daguerreotypes from the Library of Congress and the cameras used to make them.
The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839–1855. CD-ROM. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. From the moment of its birth, photography had a dual character—as a medium of artistic expression and as a powerful scientific tool—and Daguerre promoted his invention on both fronts.
George Thomas Rich (son) at left, Samuel Rich (center) and his wife, Rosine de Motte Rich (right). The Rich family were early pioneers and migrated to California during the Gold Rush....
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.
