How did Daguerre first become interested in image projection?
Through cinema
Through dioramas
Through telescopes
Through microscopes
Answer
Daguerre's initial fascination with image projection stemmed from his involvement in dioramas. Dioramas were popular entertainment spectacles that employed large-scale paintings illuminated by strategically placed lighting to create immersive and realistic scenes. Daguerre's work as a painter and decorator for dioramas exposed him to the principles of optics and perspective, which laid the foundation for his later experiments in photography.
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