Antoine Francois Claudet

Antoine Francois Claudet was born on August 12, 1797 in France. He was a photographer and an artist. He prouced Deguerreotypes and learned from Daguerre himself. He was the first to take Daguerreotype portraits in England. He improved on the sensitizing process. He also invented the safe light in the dark room and was the first person to use painted backdrops in portraits. From 1841-1851, Claudet had a studio on the roof of the Adelaide Gallery. He opened two more in the same area later on. Heinvented the photographometer, the focieter, and the stereomonoscope. He was inducted into the Royal Photographic Society in 1853. He died in London on December 27, 1867.





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