World Photography Day: Six Photographers Share Insights On The Evolution of Photography

On August 19, 1839, inventor Louis Daguerre stood before the Académie des Sciences and the Académie des Beaux-Arts with his and his late partner Nicéphore Niépce's revolutionary invention, the Daguerreotype. Crowds of Parisians spilled into the courtyard of the establishment to get a glimpse of the enchanting process. When Daguerre completed his demonstration, the French government, impressed by the remarkable invention, bought the patent rights, only to "gift" it to the world. It wasn't ove...