Photography emerged in the 1840s as a way to mechanically and accurately record scenes. Joseph Nicephore Niepce created the first permanent photograph in 1826 with an exposure of eight hours from his window. Louis Daguerre later refined the process, creating clear daguerreotypes using silver-coated copper plates. One of Daguerre's earliest photographs was a still life called "The Artist's Studio." The French photographer Nadar sought to record people and their surroundings truthfully without props or posing in the late 1800s. He is renowned for his natural portraits of famous figures like Charles Baudelaire.