Still Life in Studio
Still Life in Studio. Louis‐Jacques‐Mandé Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Photograph.
- However, it was not until the invention of a light sensitive surface by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce that the basic principle of photography was born.
- Louis Daguerre invented a new process he dubbed a daguerreotype in 1839, which significantly reduced exposure time.
- Variety of textures: fabric, plaster, metal, wood
- Shiny surface, great detail