Who is daguerre

Two years later Daguerre produced the first daguerreotype. Being placed over a container of iodine particles thus forming a silver iodide on the surface sensitized a silver plated sheet of copper. The plate was then exposed in a camera; the silver iodide was reduced to silver in proportion to the density. The exposed plate was then placed over a container of warm mercury; the fumes formed an amalgam with the silver producing an image.

The plate was washed with a saline solution to prevent further exposure. The first successful daguerreotype, a still life, was produced in He is the most famous for development of daguerreotype which is one of the earliest successful methods of photography.

He collected his knowledge through apprenticeships and he did it in architecture, theatre design, and panoramic painting. Inspired with camera obscura he tried to find a way to preserve the image that it creates.

Soft parts were easy to remove but the plate had to be exposed for hours or days and the whole process was not too practical. In contrast to photographic paper, a daguerreotype is not flexible and is rather heavy. The daguerreotype is accurate, detailed and sharp. It has a mirror-like surface and is very fragile. Since the metal plate is extremely vulnerable, most daguerreotypes are presented in a special housing.

In fact, fewer than twenty-five securely attributed photographs by Daguerre survive—a mere handful of still lifes, Parisian views, and portraits from the dawn of photography. Daniel, Malcolm. The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, —