Louis Daguerre

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.

 Other websites 

 Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Louis Daguerre and Bry-sur-Marne
 Louis Daguerre Biography 
 Louis Daguerre (1787–1851)  from World Wide Art Resources.
 Daguerre and the daguerreotype  An array of source texts from the Daguerreian Society web site
 Daguerre's Boulevard du Temple photograph - a discussion on its making and subsequent history.
 Daguerre Memorial in Washington D.C. 
 Louis Daguerre Encyclopædia Britannica

Category:1787 births
Category:1851 deaths
Category:French artists
Category:French photographers
Category:People from Val-d'Oise