Daguerre
Americannoun
noun
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The man behind the technique, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, claimed to have invented photography in France in 1839.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
Tuesday’s announcement will affect the Daguerre Point Dam near the Northern California city of Marysville.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
The family, who wishes to remain unknown, had asked Malo de Lussac of auctioneers Daguerre Val de Loire to estimate the value of their house but instead discovered a masterpiece.
From Reuters ● Mar. 27, 2023
Just as Louis Daguerre and George Eastman did not predict what Annie Leibovitz or Richard Avedon would do, “surely Rickenbacker and Gibson didn’t have Jimi Hendrix or St. Vincent in mind.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2016
As they head toward Belle Isle he delivers a disquisition on the history of photography, how Nicephore Niepce invented it, and how Daguerre got all the credit.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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