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  2. Robert Cornelius - Wikipedia

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    Robert Cornelius (/ k ɔːr ˈ n iː l i ə s /; March 1, 1809 [1] – August 10, 1893) was an American photographer and pioneer in the history of photography.His daguerreotype self-portrait taken in 1839 is generally accepted as the first known photographic portrait of a person taken in the United States, and a very important achievement for self-portraiture.

  3. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]

  4. Julia Margaret Cameron - Wikipedia

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    Julia Margaret Cameron (née Pattle; 11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) was an English photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature.

  5. Daguerreotype - Wikipedia

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    Daguerreotype[ note 1 ] was the first publicly available photographic process, widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. "Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] the daguerreotype was almost completely superseded by 1856 with new, less ...

  6. Edward S. Curtis - Wikipedia

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    In 1885, at 17, Curtis became an apprentice photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1887 the family moved to Seattle, Washington, where he purchased a new camera and became a partner with Rasmus Rothi in an existing photographic studio. Curtis paid $150 for his 50% share in the studio. After about six months, he left Rothi and formed a new ...

  7. Henry Fox Talbot - Wikipedia

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    Royal Medal (1838) Rumford Medal (1842) William Henry Fox Talbot (/ ˈtɔːlbət /; 11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries.

  8. James Wallace Black - Wikipedia

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    Francestown, New Hampshire, US. Died. January 5, 1896. (1896-01-05) (aged 70) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Resting place. Mount Auburn Cemetery. James Wallace Black (February 10, 1825 – January 5, 1896), known professionally as J.W. Black, was an early American photographer whose career was marked by experimentation and innovation.

  9. List of photographs considered the most important - Wikipedia

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    18 October 1840. Hippolyte Bayard. Paris, France [6] Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process. [7][8] [s 1] The Haystack. 1844 [c] William Henry Fox Talbot.