Michael Mosley describes the scientific achievements of Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot. In 1826 Nicephore Niepce took the first photograph. In 1839 Louis Daguerre agreed to work with ...

Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce produces first permanent photograph of a view from nature. Uses the photosensitivity of bitumen of Judea. January: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot presents to the ...

This date recognises Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's invention of the Daguerreotype in 1837, gifted to the world on August 19, 1839. The French gifted the Daguerreotype process to the world ...