nPostednon November 18, 2014
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ThisnFrench artist was a panoramic painter and a famous designer for thentheater. He invented diorama theater and studied architecture. But henis not known, now, for any of these things.
ThisnFrench artist was a panoramic painter and a famous designer for thentheater. He invented diorama theater and studied architecture. But henis not known, now, for any of these things.n
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nInstead,nLouis Daguerre is known as one of the Fathers of Photography!
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nIndon’t know much about photography, but even I recognized his name,nbecause he developed an early photographic process that we callndaguerreotype in his honor. n
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nAndaguerreotype is an image on a bright mirror-like surface of metallicnsilver.
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Atnfirst, Daguerre worked with another inventor name Nicephore Niepce,nbut the inventor suddenly died before they had released theirninvention to the world. Six years after his partner’s death, Daguerrenannounced the invention to the French Academy of Sciences, explainingnand demonstrating the process to only one person, but showing off thenresults—the daguerreotypes themselves—to others. People thoughtnthe early photos were miracles, and news of the invention spread. n
Atnfirst, Daguerre worked with another inventor name Nicephore Niepce,nbut the inventor suddenly died before they had released theirninvention to the world. Six years after his partner’s death, Daguerrenannounced the invention to the French Academy of Sciences, explainingnand demonstrating the process to only one person, but showing off thenresults—the daguerreotypes themselves—to others. People thoughtnthe early photos were miracles, and news of the invention spread. nn
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nDaguerrengave rights to the invention to the French government in exchange fornlifetime pensions for himself and for Niepce’s son. And Francenpublished working instructions “free to the world” – isn’t thatnnice?
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Inthought it was interesting to note that, of the 72 names of Frenchnscientists, engineers, and mathematicians inscribed on the EiffelnTower, one of them is Louis Daguerre!n
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Herenis the first daguerreotype, taken by Daguerre himself.
Herenis the first daguerreotype, taken by Daguerre himself.n
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nModernnartist Chuck Close used this 150-year-old process to make somenstriking photos of people.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nPush-Button Phone Day
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nBeni Festivalnin Trinidad, Bolivia
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nAnniversarynof William Tell shooting an apple off his son’s head
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nMickeynMouse’s birthday
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n(or MickeynMouse Day)
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nFlagnDay in Uzbekistan
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nIndependencenDay in Morocco
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nNationalnDay in Latvia and Oman
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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