What is World Photography Day? A celebration of photographic history –and a great excuse to share photos with the world ...

Image: ngupakarti / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Attention photographers: Tuesday, August 19th, is World Photography Day! World Photography Day is a global celebration that honors Louis ...

On this day in tech history, Louis Daguerre demonstrated his process for making quick and accurate photographs. In the 1830s, Daguerre was a successful commercial artist in France who used a camera ...

Some say that the first camera image ever to show a human being was a street photograph. Louis Daguerre was shooting a cityscape in Paris at the end of 1838 or the beginning of 1839.

Wiki Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851) was a French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

The inventor and artist met with Daguerre twice in March 1839. On viewing one of Daguerre's images, the level of detail moved him to declare that the work was "Rembrandt perfected," writes Lindsay.