Photography

The first photographic process was called the daguerreotype. This was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1787-1851). It was presented to the public in Paris in 1839. Louis Daguerre was a French artist and physicist. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. He was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theatre. Daguerre was born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France.

William Henry Fox Talbot (February 11, 1800 – September 17, 1877) was a British inventor and photography pioneer. He invented calotype process. (Which used paper coated with silver iodide, which darkened in proportion to its exposure to light.) Talbot was also a noted photographer. Talbot claimed he started experimenting with taking photographs in 1834. After Daguerre presented his his discoveries, Talbot presented his three and a half year old photographs at the Royal Institution on January 25, 1839. The work on the Daguerre project was taking place at the same time as Talbot was working on the calotype process in England.