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Presents a profile of Louis Daguerre, discussing his childhood in France, his work as an artist in stage design, and his contributions to the development of modern photography.

Looks at the journeys of Henry Fox Talbot in England and Louise Daguerre in France as they invented modern photography.

The 1830's were a time of intense scientific inquiry. In this climate, two different men, one in England and one in France, developed their own dramatically different photographic techniques. Both were totally ignorant of each other's work. The daguerreotype and the talbotype, both and early ancestors of photography, changed the world and how we see it.

Presents a short children's biography written in both English and Spanish that describes the life and work of inventor Louis Daguerre, the man who is credited with the invention of photography.

A short biography of early nineteenth-century French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre that profiles his life and works which included the development of photography.