Photography

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This paper discusses the development of photography which was achieved over a series of stages by different inventors and by the photographic artists who made their systems more effective by what was photographed and how it was presented. The daguerreotype was the first type of practical photographic reproduction, though the process was very difficult and had limited applications because of the time needed to produce an image.

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"The development of photography was achieved over a series of stages by different inventors and by the photographic artists who made their systems more effective by what was photographed and how it was presented. The daguerreotype was the first type of practical photographic reproduction, though the process was very difficult and had limited applications because of the time needed to produce an image. The process was used for about a decade before it gave way to a different process, but in that time the daguerreotype was an important means of preserving images from the early period of photography. Louis Jacques Mand Daguerre was born in 1789. He was originally a scene painter in the theater, and in 1822 he created the Diorama, a theatrical spectacle still used today, one that requires large panoramic paintings. Daguerre produced these large paintings with great accuracy by using sketches he produced with the aid of a camera..."

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