Here are our versions of the daguerreotype. The first picture is the original and the second picture is the edited.
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Special thanks to Subjects: Harpaul Hari, Keshav Rao, Shourya Jain, Ruhani Chhabra (last 2)(respectively)
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre was one of the first photographers ever and is known as one of the fathers of photography. He was born in the late 1700’s and died in the mid-century 1800’s. He lived in france for most of his life and in 1833, he created the daguerreotype. The subject of his pictures were portraits of people. He was clearly a unique photographer because he was the first person to truly revolutionize photography with a new method for taking and processing images. I chose him because I knew his importance to the world of photography. His daguerreotype was the first real way of taking permanent pictures and was the basic building block of photography. He inspired me because he thought of a new idea that changed the world. He took some basic invention and experimented with it and made it much greater with a new process. This same guideline applies to my life as I view opportunities and see how to make my mark on the world. While working on the project, my respect for him increased greatly. I researched and saw the creative thinking processes that he had to have had in order to create the daguerreotype. He essentially created something out of nothing and it awes me. It was truly fun learning how Louis Daguerre changed the world forever with one simple invention.
