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Still Life by Daguerre, First Photo, 1837

Daguerre's earliest reliably dated daguerreotype, a still life with plaster casts, was made in 1837. Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. The daguerreotype process, or daguerreotypy, was the first publicly announced photographic process, and for nearly twenty years it was the one most commonly used.

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Title: Still Life by Daguerre, First Photo, 1837

Caption: Daguerre's earliest reliably dated daguerreotype, a still life with plaster casts, was made in 1837. Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. The daguerreotype process, or daguerreotypy, was the first publicly announced photographic process, and for nearly twenty years it was the one most commonly used.

Personalities: DAGUERRE • LOUIS DAGUERRE

Category: black & white • Science: History

Credit: Album / Science Source

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Image size: 1800 × 1312 px | 6.8 MB

Print size: 15.2 × 11.1 cm | 708.7 × 516.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1830S • 1837 • 19TH CENTURY • ART • BLACK & WHITE • BW • DAGUERRE • DAGUERREOTYPE • DAGUERREOTYPY • EARLY • FIRST • FOTOGRAFIA • FRENCH • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • LOUIS DAGUERRE • LOUIS-JACQUES-MANDÉ DAGUERRE • MOMENT IN TIME • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHIE • PHOTOGRAPHY • PHOTOS • PLASTER CASTS • PROCESS • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: HISTORY • SCULPTURE • STILL LIFE • TECHNOLOGY • VERY FIRST