A Bit of Photographic History - Daguerre’s Residence: 1833-1846

[raydm6]

A little bit of early photographic history regarding Louis Daguerre.

In a visit to Thiers (central France) 🇫🇷, I came across this building and placard:

(Translated by DeepL):
HABITACETTE HOUSE BETWEEN 1833 AND 1846

IT WAS HERE THAT HE PERFECTED NICÉPHORE NİÈCE'S INVENTION BY DISCOVERING A PRACTICAL WAY OF FIXING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE

TRIBUTE FROM THE FRENCH CONFEDERATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CITY OF THİERS

 

[Vince Lupo]

Pretty nice. Years ago I passed through another photographically-significant area in France:


France171 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[David Murphy]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing

 

[raydm6]

Pretty nice. Years ago I passed through another photographically-significant area in France:


France171 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Very cool. Right to source. 👍