“Just relax. Stop torturing yourself. You have 'a gift'.”
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Louis Daguerre
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French scientist, artist and photographer recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter, scenic designer, and a developer of the diorama theatre.
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culture · French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851) · photographer · painter · chemist · graphic artist · daguerreotypist · architect · also Louis Daguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande Dagueree, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Daguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre
Born 18 November 1787 · Died 10 July 1851 · Q131405
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2026· 60 entries
“Beautiful, I don't give a shit. The world is ending, cool.”
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“That's right. Nathan Prescott is going down.”
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“I should've known. The Amazing SpiderMax.”
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“I hope you checked the perimeter, as my step-ass would say. Now, let's talk bidness.”
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“Wow, you're hardcore, Max! Now I can text Warren that he doesn't stand a chance! Unless he's into girl-on-girl action.”
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“Boo yaa! Get it? Boo ya? Like I'm a scary punk ghost.”
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“The wi-fi out here sucks. Must take him days to download porn.”
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“Did you just say hella? I think I'm a good bad influence on you.”
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“Amazeballs! I literally got chills all over my neck.”
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“You better not rewind and take that kiss back.”
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“Even my step... father deserves her alive.”
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“Who knows, maybe this could be Rachel's revenge. Our revenge.”
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“There's so many more people in Arcadia Bay who should live... way more than me...”
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“I know I've been selfish, but for once I think I should accept my fate... our fate...”
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“Max, you finally came back to me this week, and... you did nothing but show me your love and friendship.”
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“Wherever I end up after this... in whatever reality... all those moments between us were real, and they'll always be ours.”
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“Max Caulfield... Don't you forget about me!”
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“You know she's fake, yet you can't take your eyes off of her. Who else do I know who fits that description? Fuck off, Rachel.”
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“If you want to rip apart a family apart from the inside, it's important to bring the proper tools. Fuck you, David.”
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“I've never understood your hard-on for cameras, Max. You took a million pictures of us, and not one of them showed that you were gonna leave when I needed you most. Fuck cameras.”
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“We're hoping you men will leave without us.”
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“Seriously, my uterus is on fire dude. Is that...uh... descriptive enough? En fuego utero, Skip! En fuego utero!”
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“Let me dumb it down for you. I mean, sorry, what has fewer syllables than dumb?”
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“I don’t want to ruin this the way I ruin everything else in my life...”
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“I take photos. Of me, the world, everything. It may sound sad, but I have a blast.”
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“That is a tasty plasma. Maybe I could sneak in and watch 'Final Fantasy: Spirits Within'. I don't care what anybody says, that's one of the best sci-fi films ever made.”
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“When a door closes, a window opens... Or something like that.”
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“I wish I could stay in this moment forever. I guess I actually can now, but then it wouldn’t be a moment.”
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“Ahoy, Captain. At least I know you've got my back. When I swallowed your eye and my parents rushed me to the ER, I knew we were bonded forever...”
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“So cheesy, but, it makes me smile, thinking of the day Mom and I sewed that together.”
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“I love that Mom sent me a fat box of chocolate coconut bites for my birthday, and $200 gift certificate. She sure knows how to make a sad birthday happy.”
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“Samuel is such a weirdo. But I kinda like that about him.”
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“Joyce still works at Two Whales Diner. Best damn burgers in Arcadia! I better get one soon.”
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“We made this grave for Chloe's kitty. Poor Bongo. He never saw that car coming.”
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“Rachel in 'The Dark Room' over and over....”
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“Empty. Good. Nobody can see my meltdown. Except for me.”
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“Chloe....Jefferson drugged and kidnapped me.”
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“The last time I got the flu shot, I got the flu. Fuck you.”
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“Okay girl, you don't get a photo op like this everyday...”
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“Blah, Blah, Blah.... God, I hate your voice now.”
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“Look at the trail of death you left behind!”
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“This is my storm... I caused this... I caused all of this.”
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“I changed fate and destiny so much that... I actually did alter the course of everything. And all I really created was just death and destruction!”
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“I feel like I took this shot a thousand years ago.”
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“Fuck that! No way! You are my number one priority now. You are all that matters to me.”
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“Who even cares? This class is hella bullshit!”
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“Go fuck your selfie, Victoria. I don't have time for this bullshit.”
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“I don’t care what happens. You’re gonna die, motherfucker. For Chloe, and Rachel and everybody else.”
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“Since you're the mysterious superhero... I'll be your faithful chauffeur and companion.”
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“After 5 years you're still Max Caulfield.”
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“Nerd alert! My stepdad has a fully stocked garage. And he actually is a tiny tool.”
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“This song fucking rules. Can't dance hippie? Come on! Rock out girl!”
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“Can't dance hippie? Come on! Shake that bony white ass!”
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“This shit-pit has taken everyone I've ever loved... I'd like to drop a bomb on Arcadia Bay and turn it to fucking glass...”
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“Welcome to 'The Real Step-douches of Arcadia Bay'.”
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“I loved her so much! How can she be dead?! What kind of world does this?! Who does this?!”
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“I just don't think anybody is good enough for you... besides me.”
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“Yup, yup, I'm fucking insane in the brain!”
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“I have seized the light – I have arrested its flight!”
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2025· 1 entry
Artnet news: Louis Daguerre
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2018· 1 entry
moneycontrol.com: Louis Daguerre Photography
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2012· 2 entries
The Mirror: Google Doodle celebrates Louis Daguerre: Top ten things you should know about the French physicist
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The Mirror: Louis Daguerre: Google Doodle photography innovator's earliest surviving image
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2011· 6 entries
Christian Science Monitor: Louis Daguerre: Why people never smile in old photographs
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Los Angeles Times: Louis Daguerre and his daguerreotype saluted by Google
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CNET: Louis Daguerre, photographic pioneer, celebrated by Google
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Christian Science Monitor: Louis Daguerre, photography pioneer, honored with Google doodle
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Search Engine Land: Google’s Louis Daguerre Logo
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The Daily Telegraph: Louis Daguerre and the pioneers of photography
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1851· 1 entry
Died 1851-07-10.
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1841· 2 entries
Also used latent image development, greatly reducing the exposure needed, and making it competitive with the daguerreotype
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Allowed the production of an unlimited number of copies by simple contact printing, but it had its own shortcomings—the grain of the paper was obtrusively visible in the image, and the extremely fine detail of which the
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1839· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1839).
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Was elected to the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician
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1833· 2 entries
Daguerre concentrated his attention on the light-sensitive properties of silver salts, which had previously been demonstrated by Johann Heinrich Schultz and others
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But Daguerre continued experimenting, and evolved the process which would subsequently be known as the daguerreotype
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1829· 1 entry
Daguerre partnered with Nicéphore Niépce, an inventor who had produced the world's first heliograph in 1822 and the oldest surviving camera photograph in 1826 or 1827
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1825· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1825).
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1787· 1 entry
Born 1787-11-18.
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