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1 day ago · Although Louis Daguerre’s and William Henry Fox Talbot’s invention—or lucigrafia (light writing) as it was first called in Italian—was recognized and introduced to the Italian public quite promptly, an awareness of photography as a vehicle to communicate a collective and personal expression developed slightly slower than in other parts of Europe.
3 days ago · Discover the life and legacy of Louis Le Prince, the 'Father of Cinematography,' in this in-depth exploration by Jason, a Discovery Centre volunteer. Learn about Le Prince's groundbreaking...
5 days ago · Gizmodo writes that the daguerrotype technology came over from France to New York in 1839, which makes sense given that Morse visited Louis Daguerre in Paris that same year.
5 days ago · The museum recently purchased the 1840s daguerreotype of Dolley Madison at auction. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US First ...
5 days ago · Thomas Edison received a patent for his Kinetograph, or movie camera, in the 1890s after building upon the work of still-life photographers Joseph Nicephone Niepce and Louis Daguerre, as well as the first motion-picture camera made by Edward Muybridge in 1877.
3 days ago · Louis Daguerre, a French artist and chemist, introduced the daguerreotype in 1839. This process reduced exposure times to minutes and produced clearer images on silver-plated copper sheets. The daguerreotype marked the beginning of commercial photography.
4 days ago · He turned to photography in 1840, a mere year after its invention by French chemist Louis Daguerre, as a means to finance his ambitious railroad plans. He was incredibly successful right away. By 1841 he had studios in three cities. By 1843 he had studios in eight cities.
