Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Definition

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist and inventor who developed one of the earliest forms of photography called daguerreotype. It involved exposing an image onto a silver-coated copper plate using light-sensitive chemicals.

Related terms

Photography:

The art or practice of creating images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation.

Camera Obscura: An optical device used by artists for centuries to project an image onto a surface, serving as an early precursor to photography.

Photographic Process: The various techniques and methods used in producing photographs, including developing film negatives and printing images.