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Home > Contents > People > Photographers > Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

 
Names:
Other: L.J.M. Daguerre 
Dates:  1787, 18 November - 1851, 10 July
Born:  France, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, nr. Paris
Died:  France, Bry-sur-Marne
Active:  France
Gender:  Male
 
  
Inventor of the Daguerreotype process in partnership with Nicéphore Niépce.

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1839, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Various Processes of the Daguerreotype and the Diorama [Δ] 
  
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1839, Historique et description des procédés du daguerréotype et du diorama, (Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie) [Δ] 
  
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1839, Historique et Description des Procedes du Daguerreotype et du Diormama, (Paris: Susse Frères) [Δ] 
  
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1968, L. J. M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype, (New York: Dover Publications, Inc.) [Δ] 
  
 
  
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Wikipedia has a biography of this photographer.Show on this siteGo to website
Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist. 
[NOTE: This is a subscription service and you will need to pay an annual fee to access the content.]		Show on this siteGo to website
The International Photographers Hall of Fame has provided a biography.Show on this siteGo to website
 

Internet resources

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Daguerre, Louis-Jacques Mandé (four images) 
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Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on photographers.] 
  
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.129-130 
  
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.] 
  
• Weaver, Mike (ed.) 1989 The Art of Photography 1839-1989 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press) p.454-455 [This exhibition catalogue is for the travelling exhibition that went to Houston, Canberra and London in 1989.] 
  
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.118 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Koetzle, Hans-Michael 2002 Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures - Volume 1 (Koln: Taschen) [This book discusses one photograph "Boulevard du Temple (1838)" by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre in considerable detail. An excellent source for a detailed analysis.] 
  
• Naef, Weston 1995 The J. Paul Getty Museum - Handbook of the Photographic Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum) p.6-7 
  
• Newhall, Beaumont 1982 The History of Photography - Fifth Edition (London: Secker & Warburg) [One or more photographs by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre are included in this classic history.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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