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I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight! — Louis Daguerre

I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight!

In the original French

J'ai saisi la lumière - j'ai arrêté son vol!

Louis Daguerre
1825
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LightPhotography
Time
1825
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Louis Daguerre
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Citation
Tissandier, Gaston. A History and Handbook of Photography, edited by John Thomson, Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1876, p. 24.

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