Daguerres

Daguerres is a French surname. The name is most strongly associated with Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), a French artist and photographer whose work is linked to the invention of the daguerreotype. The plural form Daguerres would refer to people bearing this surname.

Louis Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce are credited with developing the daguerreotype process in the early 1830s. The invention was announced in 1839 and helped establish photography as a practical art and practice. A daguerreotype is a sharp, single image produced on a polished silver-plated copper plate; the method was widely used in the 1840s and 1850s before newer photographic processes emerged. Daguerre's role in refining and popularizing the process makes him a central figure in the history of photography.

Beyond Louis Daguerre, the surname Daguerres appears infrequently in major biographical references. There are no widely recognized figures other than Daguerre associated with the surname in the standard historical record; use of the name today is rare.

The Daguerre name remains notable primarily for its connection to early photography and the daguerreotype, one of the first widely adopted photographic methods.