Louis Daguerre 1787–1851
French painter and physicist, inventor of the daguerreotype. He was first occupied as an inland revenue officer, but soon took to scene painting for the opera. Daguerre began experimenting with the effects of light upon translucent paintings in the 1820s. He used a camera obscura as an aid to painting in perspective, and this led him think about ways to keep the image still. After years of experimenting, Daguerre developed a more effective method of photography, naming it after himself.
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