Louis Daguerre created the first practical photographic process. He worked with a man named Joseph Niépce who revealed a pewter plate covered in asphalt to light for eight hours in a camera obscura. This seized a blurry picture of the view outside his window. Daguerre believed this was to long for just a blurry picture. Daguerre suggested that they replace the asphalt with silver iodine and use a sharper lens. This would reduce the time exposed and make a clearer image.
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Louis Daguerre changed photography forever. Daguerre overcame the obstacles of the camera obscura that could only take pictures in a dark box. Daguerre perfected it by covering a plate in silver iodine, exposing it to mercury vapor, and putting it in the