Conserving the last surviving Louis Daguerre illusion in Bry-sur-Marne, France (courtesy of the Office of Mayor Spillbauer of Bry-sur-Marne) Louis Daguerre may have his name most linked to the ...

The invention of the camera is usually attributed to Frenchman Louis Daguerre - who was first to announce his invention in 1839, and gave his name to the first popular form of photograph – the ...

Louis Daguerre, the inventor of the first commercially successful form of photography has been honoured with the latest Google Doodle to mark his 224th birthday. The French physicist created the ...

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Louis Daguerre, whose 224th birthday is celebrated today with a Google Doodle, was the inventor of the first commercially successful form of photography. The French physicist devised the daguerreotype ...

Louis Daguerre (above) and Isidore Niepce were granted pensions by the French Parliament, allowing them to make their photographic process available to the public. Daguerreotype: Jean-Baptiste ...

French artist-physicist-inventor Louis Daguerre, widely credited for successfully capturing permanent photographs on a commercial scale lines a long list of inventors, artists, scientists that Google ...

Actor Owen Wilson turns 51 and Damon Wayans Jr. is 37, among the famous birthdays for Nov. 18. World News // 1 decade ago Possibly the oldest photograph of a human being surfaces online The oldest ...

Louis Daguerre devised the daguerreotype, the first successful form of permanent photography. The French physicist developed the process for transferring photographs onto silver-coated copper plates.

Historically, artists like Frida Kahlo usually created self-portraits in private, working alone to re-produce what they saw in the mirror. The artist and curator of photography talks about her ...

Louis Daguerre was a French artist and one of the early inventors of photography. His daguerreotype—silver-plated sheets of copper exposed to light, mercury fumes, and salt water—forever altered the ...