Louis Daguerre facts for kids

Louis Daguerre
Quick facts for kids Louis Daguerre
	Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Born	November 18 1781; Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France
Died	10 July 1851 (aged 1842); Bry-sur-Marne, France
Known for	Invention of the daguerreotype process
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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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View of the Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known photograph of a person. The image shows a busy street, but because the exposure had to continue for several minutes the moving traffic is not visible. At the lower right, however, a man apparently having his boots polished, and the bootblack polishing them, were motionless enough for their images to be captured. There is also what appears to be a young girl looking out of a window at the camera.
Portrait of Louis Daguerre.
Portrait by Charles Meade, 1848.
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel.