The invention of the camera is usually attributed to Frenchman Louis Daguerre - who was first to announce his invention in 1839, and gave his name to the first popular form of photograph – the ...

Pixel-peeping photographers who like to assess the quality of their lenses by shooting images of brick walls and test cards should probably look away now. Lomography has launched a Kickstarter ...

The Giroux Daguerreotype is described as a very rare model of the world’s first commercially produced camera. The camera was designed and produced in Paris in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre and ...

Following a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, Lomography’s Daguerreotype Achromat lens is available for a $499 pre-order. It’s a recreation of the very first camera lens used in the very first ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Francis Lebeda is adding a little local flash to the dash of 'The Greatest Showman” - by creating a working replica of a 19th century camera, flash units, lens cap and tripod for the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The first Daguerreotype cameras ...

Lomography launched its fifth Kickstarter campaign last month for its new creative Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens which has been created to bring back a lost aesthetic. Lomography’s ...

This simple wooden box daguerreotype camera is an example of the earliest type of cameras used in America from the introduction of photography in 1840 to the waning popularity of the process in 1860.