Public Exposure!
On July 10, 1851, painter and printmaker Louis-Jacques Daguerre died. He spent most of his life trying to invent something that could capture an image that could be printed and kept. Daguerre had worked with metal etcher Joseph Niépce (and later his son, Isidore),…
Fine-Tuning Focus
On July 24, 1843, chemist, photographer, and astronomer Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney was born. Raised in a family and circle of friends all interested in photography, Abney, like many members of photographic clubs and societies, experimented with film and its chemistry. In at…
