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Henry Fox Talbot
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William Henry Fox Talbot was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20
Daguerreotype c. 1844
Daguerreotype c. 1844
Latticed window at Lacock Abbey, August 1835. A positive from what may be the oldest existing camera negative.
Latticed window at Lacock Abbey, August 1835. A positive from what may be the oldest existing camera negative.
Horatia Feilding, half-sister of Talbot, playing the harp, c. 1842
Horatia Feilding, half-sister of Talbot, playing the harp, c. 1842
Salted paper print of David Octavius Hill from a calotype by Robert Adamson, c. 1845
Salted paper print of David Octavius Hill from a calotype by Robert Adamson, c. 1845
Louis Daguerre
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French scientist, artist and photographer. He is recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fa
Henry Fox Talbot
…the first made available to the public; however, his was neither the first such process invented nor the first one publicly announced. Shortly after Louis Daguerre's invention of the daguerreotype was announced in early January 1839, without details, Talbot asserted priority of invention based on experiments he…
1844 daguerreotype
1844 daguerreotype
An engraving of Daguerre during his career
An engraving of Daguerre during his career
View of the Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known verified photograph of a person. The image shows a bu
View of the Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known verified photograph of a person. The image shows a busy street, but because the exposure had to continue for four to five minutes the moving traffic is not visible. At the lower right, however, a man apparently having his boots polished, and the bootblack polishing them, were motionless enough for their images to be captured.
Daguerreotype possibly made by Daguerre in 1837. The subject is believed to be Constant Huet, who worked at the Natural History Museum, where Daguerre
Daguerreotype possibly made by Daguerre in 1837. The subject is believed to be Constant Huet, who worked at the Natural History Museum, where Daguerre took pictures in 1837. If correct, this would be the oldest surviving portrait photograph of a human being.