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what are the good and bad things about photography?

[edit] Cultural depictions of Louis Daguerre

I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information. I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list. Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article. Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this approach as a model for the editors here. Regards, Durova 18:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Adding a section on the Smith bio/novel on Daguerre

Would it be worth adding a section on The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre by Dominic Smith? I do not know enough separate the fact from the fiction, but it might be useful. Oberazzi 21:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation into Chinese Wikipedia

The 15:11, 19 May 2008 Ljmd1839 version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 14:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quality Issue

I've got to say this article is pretty flimsy, considering the amount of information out there on LJM Daguerre. A good place to start is with any book by Helmut and Alison Gersheim- they've written extensively on him.

There should probably be more of a focus on Daguerre's full career, as he was accomplished in a number of media, most notably painting. The diorama and panorama were certainly both a big deal in their time. I think they warrant more of a mention.

The description of Daguerre's relationship with Niepce is also a bit flimsy. It could be said that Daguerre took advantage of Niepce and his family. There is also no mention of the fact that the discovery of the action of mercury vapor on the exposed photographic plates was an accident, or that Daguerre perfected his process in 1837 and only sold it to the French government when he could not find a way to sell the process privately. It may also be notable that perhaps more than he was an artist, Daguerre was an excellent businessman.

Juicifer451 (talk) 23:26, 21 June 2008 (UTC)