Did You Know?

The name of the first successful photographic process was Daguerreotype. It was discovered by accident in 1835 by Louis Daguerre. In 1837 the process was fixed and it was announced to the public in 1839.

Photos made with the first Daguerrotypes took 10 to 20 minutes to properly expose to available light. People were required to sit still for that long to have their picture taken.