Transcript Daguerrotype PP

A Father of Photography
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18 November 1787 –
10 July 1851
French Artist,
physicist, Theatrical
Designer, and most
known for inventing
the “daguerrotype”
process of
photography
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Daguerre was born in
Cormeillesen-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France
He apprenticed under Pierre Prévost (the first
French panorama painter.)
He studied architecture, theatre design, and
panoramic painting
He was skilled at theatrical illusion and later
became a celebrated designer in the theatre
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Daguerre invented the
“diorama”
Large Scale model
depicting an event
and its environment
First Diorama was in
Paris, France in 1822
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In 1829, Daguerre partnered with Nicéphore
Niépce, an inventor who had produced the
world's first heliograph in 1822
Niépce died suddenly in 1833 but Daguerre
continued experimenting
1837 He created the Daguerrotype Process and
looked for investors
1839 He went public with the invention.
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Daguerrotype took exposure time from hours
to ten minutes in bright sunlight
Any movement was not captured and city
scapes often looked deserted
Landscapes were rarely photographed
Portraits were very common
Over a million daguerrotypes were sold
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On January 7, 1839 At a meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences, the invention was announced and described in general
terms, but all specific details were withheld.
Under assurances of strict confidentiality, Daguerre
demonstrated the process only to the Academy's secretary
François Arago, who advocated support for Daguerre
Members of the Academy and other select individuals were
allowed to examine specimens at Daguerre's studio.
Arrangements were made for Daguerre's rights to be acquired
by the French Government in exchange for lifetime pensions for
himself and Niépce's son Isidore
On August 19, 1839, the French Government
presented the invention as a gift from France "free to
the world" and complete working instructions were
published.
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Unbeknownst to either inventor, Daguerre's developmental work
in the mid-1830s coincided with photographic experiments being
conducted by Henry Fox Talbot in England.
When the first reports of the French Academy of Sciences
announcement of Daguerre's invention reached Talbot, with no
details, he assumed that methods similar to his own must have
been used and promptly wrote an open letter to the Academy
claiming priority of invention.
Daguerre's agent in England applied for a British patent just days
before France declared the invention "free to the world". Great
Britain was thereby uniquely denied France's free gift and became
the only country where the payment of license fees was required.
This had the effect of inhibiting the spread of the process there
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Antoine François Jean Claudet was an artist
and dagguerrotypist
Was one of the few given rights to produce
Daguerrotypes in England
He helped improve the processes time
Was the first to use painted back drops
Created the Red Dark Room Safe Light
First to suggest using a series of photos to
suggest movement