Louis Daguerre

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 - July 10, 1851) was a French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. In 1822 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the world's first permanent photograph (known as a Heliograph). Daguerre partnered with Niépce three years later, beginning a four-year cooperation. Niépce died suddenly in 1833. The main reason for the "partnership", as far as Daguerre was concerned, might have been connected to his already famous dioramas. Niepce was a printer and his process was based on a faster way to produce printing plates. Daguerre perhaps thought that the process developed by Niepce could help speed up his diorama creation. Daguerre announced the latest perfection of the Daguerreotype, after years of experimentation, in 1839, with the French Academy of Sciences announcing the process on January 7 of that year.